Unsealed containers on airlines

[roguerower]

I am going to be flying soon and have some opened/unsealed liquids that I will be transporting in my checked baggage. I'm pretty sure that baggage compartments are not pressurized but am not 100% sure. Does anyone know if the unsealed containers will break or crack due to the pressure differential?

 

[ElFenix]

luggage compartments are pressurized.

unless they leave the door open

 

[soydios]

luggage compartments are pressurized to the equivalent pressure of 8000 feet of altitude, same as the cabin. sometimes my shampoo bottles will leak when flying from a sea-level airport, so I always put them in their own plastic bag.

 

[FoBoT]

just be safe and put it into a big ziploc , in case it leaks

 

[wiredspider]

yes, put them in separate bags, just in case it leaks

 

[akshatp]

They will almost definitely leak, especially if the bottle/container is more than 80% full... I had a suitcase full of hair gel a long time ago, and evern since have put anything liquid into ziploc freezer bags...

and to answer your question, yes they are pressurized...

 

[Aluvus]

If possible squeeze some of the air out beforehand (if the container has solid walls, this will obviously not work). That will reduce swelling and therefore reduce the odds of a leak. Put in a plastic bag (again, squeeze air out), close plastic bag, and hope.

 

[udonoogen]

wet luggage sucks. good luck man

 

[jagec]

Luggage compartments are pressurized...they put animals and stuff down there. Besides, it is much easier, structurally speaking, to pressurize a tube (the entire plane) than a half-tube (the passenger compartment).

However, it's only pressurized to 5,000 feet or whatever, so there's still enough of a differential to let stuff leak.

 

[akshatp]

Originally posted by: jagec
Luggage compartments are pressurized...they put animals and stuff down there. Besides, it is much easier, structurally speaking, to pressurize a tube (the entire plane) than a half-tube (the passenger compartment).

However, it's only pressurized to 5,000 feet or whatever, so there's still enough of a differential to let stuff leak.

There is also an unpressurized, non-sealed compartment. Remember that dog or cat they accidentally put in there and froze the thing to death!