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(Funny/Surreal): Plane hit by suicide bomb blast lands safely in Somalia, pilot describes incident
SunSentinel ^ | February 4, 2016 | Tribune News

Posted on 02/04/2016 3:45:09 PM PST by Ulmius

An explosion that blew a hole in a jetliner shortly after takeoff and left one man missing was believed to have been caused by a bomb, the pilot said Wednesday, describing how the crew calmed frightened passengers as smoke enveloped the cabin before he brought the plane back to Mogadishu's airport for an emergency landing.

Residents of Balad, a town 30 kilometers (about 18 miles) north of Mogadishu, found the body of a man who might have been blown out of the Airbus 321 in Tuesday's blast, said police officer Mohamed Hassan.

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TOPICS: Humor; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: airlinesecurity; daallo; funny; globaljihad; somalia; suicidebomber; surreal; terrorist
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To: cyn; Ulmius
Mythbusters did "explosive decompression" ground tests on a pressurized DC-9 fuselage (with a crash-test dummy) including 9mm shot thru fuselage, window, blown window and 100 (grain? gram?) conical shaped charge below the window.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaNkMo-WkAAM67b.jpg

Well worth watching to the end...

(FWIW -- the pilots' forums have also observed the "pink smear" down the side of the fuselage...)

21 posted on 02/04/2016 5:33:51 PM PST by TXnMA ("Allah: Satan's current alias. "Obama": Allah's current ally...)
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To: Ulmius
This is why I always keep my seat belt fastened while I'm seated on a plane. I want to be tied down if there's any kind of explosive decompression.
22 posted on 02/04/2016 6:08:30 PM PST by JoeFromSidney (,)
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To: TXnMA

Thanks- http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x304gqt

Set up & gunshot trials in first 15 min; explosives start at 42’30”


23 posted on 02/04/2016 7:53:37 PM PST by cyn (Benghazi.)
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To: cyn

Yeah— just imagine what or who would get the job in Somalia, the land of skinnies wired up on khat— who would become head of the “civil aviation authority”. So yes, Baghdad Bob-like. What little economy they have by aircraft when their
criminal class continues to hijack merchant ships (a little less successfully today).


24 posted on 02/05/2016 5:29:24 PM PST by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: PAR35

Shaped charge— poorly constructed, and carried on the individual sitting at the window— net result... less explosive impact, even with explosive decompression on board.
The blast was concentrated— outward.


25 posted on 02/05/2016 5:31:20 PM PST by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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