[JustAnAmerican]

"It would make spectacular news footage, but the likelyhood of a MANPAD actuall bringing a 747 DOWN is pretty slim."

I don't know about you, but I would not want to be on one of those "Pretty Slim" 747's.Good ole Murphy has a habit of showing himself.

[WestPacSailor]

I don't know about you, but I would not want to be on one of those "Pretty Slim" 747's

Don't get me wrong...I would not want to be on one either! However, I still fly. I believe that when my number is up, it's up. Besides, I am destined to die doing something really stupid, nothing so mundane as an airplane crash.

Hey, Cleetus, hold muh beer...

[sam_paine]

Sailor,

You're correct that these airliners are designed to fly minus an engine (or two). And even though the engine mounts are designed to shear off the wing under severe torque....I'm not sure I'd want to test such circumstances during climb-out under full throttle with a few pounds of high explosives inserted into the exhaust!

I'm confident Boeing never did flight tests for that!