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The theories abound...

Decompression, whether Explosive or Slow seems to be the "Theory de Jour"

I was rather surprised when doing a Google search on decompression, how many airline catastrophes are actually attributed to it... Pretty interesting read, and makes me want to keep my two feet firmly on the ground
The classic case of explosive decompression was back in the 50s or 60s when passenger jets first came out. Dehavilland made the Comet and they started coming apart in mid air and the wreckage was so total there was nothing to look at. It was only after most of the fleet had self destructed the found they cause. The plane boasted big square picture windows and from take-off and landing cycles the frame began to tear at those big windows and then one day the whole thing blew out.