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To: Skyler Shegonee
HEre's a site for folks who shoot their mouth off and dont' bother to read: http://www.maclean-nj.com/opinions/stories/21.htm

MArshalls yes, but use other techniques that have a greater chance of saving all the folks in the aircraft.
15 posted on 01/10/2004 12:40:20 AM PST by Cronos (W2004!)
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To: Cronos
So, umm, your source of information is, uhh, what, some blog?

Could a couple of holes from the biggest bullets in the world — about a half-inch in diameter — cause an explosive decompression? Not really. The higher pressure cabin air would start to leak out, but the difference between the inside and the outside air pressure would not be sufficient to rip the plane’s frame apart.

There is only one known instance in which a bullet hole in an aircraft frame yanked objects across the plane, expanded, and sucked a person out into the sky. That was the James Bond movie Goldfinger. The movie was not intended to teach real-life lessons about physics.


Dave Kopel's article from the National Review

It would seem to me that someone who has been on this site as long as yourself would check facts before coming out with such phrases as 'Here's a site for folks who shoot their mouth off and don't bother to read'.
18 posted on 01/10/2004 12:56:33 AM PST by kingu (Remember: Politicians and members of the press are going to read what you write today.)
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