Corona Man wrote:heater31 wrote:Corona Man wrote:2 Cans of Beer in my checked luggage last night emptying their contents throughout my clothing, toiletries and work documents...
The longer story - grabbed a 6 pack of tins Wednesday night went back to my hotel room to watch the origin game. Drank 4, had 2 left over. Should have wrapped them in newspaper or something. Didn't. Now I don't think the leakage had anything to do with cabin pressure. May be a baggage handling thing. Anyway the travel bag is now outside to dry. The work documents, some of which are shared with my colleagues are on the nose.
Pressure difference.......
Once was shitting myself for the duration of a domestic flight with 2 litres of Duty Free in my checked on bag. Had no other option to put it anywhere else. Made it home safely. Without a family history repeating itself....during WWII my grandfather on leave had bottles of scotch break in his brand new Army duffle bag so new it was still water tight. Wring out the clothes and filter the liquid in the bag only lost half a bottle from the original 2 [emoji38]
You think cabin pressure? Ok. I've transported beer cans before in my checked on luggage no problem, but always wrapped up in newspaper or something. Even a shirt etc. A few years back I transported (imported) a 6 pack of San Mig's from Bangkok to Adelaide. So they survived a 9 -10 hour flight from Thailand, plane change in Sydney then onto Adelaide. Unscathed. Lucky perhaps....dunno?
did a bit of googling to try and find the answer
force due to the air at sea level is around 14.8 psi
at 30,000 feet it is 4.37 psi.
i also saw (on reddit though, so take it for what you will) that some guy has estimated a can rated to 90 psi
i found this, which has some rough pressures for soft drink cans, and they are around the 40-60 psi at ground level, but the cold temperatures at high altitude would make this somewhat lower. it quotes 20psi at fridge temp
so i doubt it is the cans popping due to low pressure, and more to do with the baggage handlers
