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Aft pressure bulkhead
Component of a large commercial aircraft / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The aft pressure bulkhead or rear pressure bulkhead is the rear component of the pressure seal in all aircraft that cruise in a tropopause zone in the Earth's atmosphere.[1] It helps maintain pressure when stratocruising and protects the aircraft from bursting due to the higher internal pressure.
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