After a long scuba diving session on a caribbean reef, carl boards a plane to dallas. he begins to feel pain in his elbow on the flight back to dallas. what is happening to him?

Based on the scenario, Carl is likely experiencing the bend because of several problems such as;

- Applying boyle’s law because a lot of the gas was being forced on his bloodstream during the dive

- The plane that he’s in is not pressurize to the sea level by which it reduces the atmospheric pressure holding the gas in suspension