Why is quickly going from 1 to 9 atm dangerous?

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I was reading about the Byford Dolphin accident and I don’t understand why the pressure change caused so much damage

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They didn’t quickly go from 1 to 9, they went the other way. This was like opening a recently shaken soda bottle, except the soda was the blood of the unfortunate divers. When your blood explodes, so do you.

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