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Loss of oxygen pressure in a tank in the service module.

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The master alarm in Apollo 13 was triggered by the high oxygen tank pressure caused by a damaged Teflon insulation on the wires inside the tank. This led to a series of malfunctions and a subsequent explosion in the oxygen tank.

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