To: Nowhere Man
around 0.5 kiloton The full weight of a 767 doesn't even come close to 500,000 tons, let alone the fuel load. In fact, the maximum takeoff weight of a 767 is 450,000 POUNDS, with the fuel capacity of 23,980 gallons. (.5Kt is 1 mega pounds) JP4 is pretty wimpy compared to TNT. That report was super duper wrong.
327 posted on
07/14/2005 6:29:53 PM PDT by
GingisK
To: GingisK
The full weight of a 767 doesn't even come close to 500,000 tons, let alone the fuel load. In fact, the maximum takeoff weight of a 767 is 450,000 POUNDS, with the fuel capacity of 23,980 gallons. (.5Kt is 1 mega pounds) JP4 is pretty wimpy compared to TNT. That report was super duper wrong.
I don't know, when you have a large quantity of jet fuel being spread out as the result of the impact, you have something like a fuel/air bomb and I think they could be taking that into account. I know there are some fuel/air bombs that can rival a small nuke. I know a couple of months ago, a house about a mile from me exploded due to natural gas and I felt the shockwave hit my house, I remember my mother wasking what is was and I had no idea until I heard it over the news and on my police scanner. I guess maybe half a kiloton might be a little much, maybe not.
343 posted on
07/14/2005 8:09:47 PM PDT by
Nowhere Man
(Lutheran, Conservative, Neo-Victorian/Edwardian, Michael Savage in '08! - DeCAFTA-nate CAFTA!)
To: GingisK
"JP4 is pretty wimpy compared to TNT" ![](http://webpages.charter.net/aircover/USAflag.gif)
http://www.shell.ca/code/motoring/safety/facts.html
One cup of gasoline (a somewhat similar fuel to JP4) has the explosive power of 5 sticks of dynamite (1 inch diameter, 8 inches long).
345 posted on
07/14/2005 9:03:40 PM PDT by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: GingisK
Your math is off, 500,000 tons is 500KT. .5KT is 500 tons or 1 million pounds. Combine the weight of the jet, the stored energy in the fuel and the speed of the aircraft and you can easily reach this energy level.
365 posted on
07/15/2005 7:47:09 AM PDT by
conservativewasp
(Liberals lie for sport and hate their country.)
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