[calex59]

Let me get this straight. There is more pressure inside a plane than outside at high altitudes. Sudden depressurization would not cause a plane to explode, maybe implode, but to do that it would have to have a huge hole in it and the air would have to go out instantaneously and even then an implosion is unlikely. The depressurization they are talking about would be the results of an explosion not the cause of one. I guess they think the whole world is made up of idiots.

[GonzoGOP]

The depressurization they are talking about would be the results of an explosion not the cause of one

Go look at the debris from the Commet crashes or the Aloha Airlines 737 that went convertible in HI back in 1988. If you get a crack in the fuselage it blows open like a pop can. Point is those were metal fatigue failures and this was a new aircraft and shouldn't have had that problem. Submarines implode, Airplanes explode.

[AZ .44 MAG]

Let me get this straight. There is more pressure inside a plane than outside at high altitudes. Sudden depressurization would not cause a plane to explode, maybe implode,

Party balloons have similar pressure differentials to an airliner at altitude. If punctured or ruptured they explode. Light bulbs and vacuum tubes have the opposite differential; more pressure outside than inside and they implode.