Originally Posted by
marble
Interestingly it says that last time the airline (aeroflot I believe) settled with her for the 'burst'. I'd always though that, at standard cabin pressures, there had been plenty of tests to make sure they didn't just burst.
There doesn't seem to be enough information in the article to determine why it "burst," but I bet it wasn't the cabin pressure since they were landing at the time. My guess is she bumped something again. Maybe they're inflated at too high a pressure?