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To: BigBobber
Point one is valid, but fundamentally wrong. A bomb in a cabin at high altitude is more likely to cause severe damage, because the pressurized fuselage is in essence, a bomb. Hence the term, "explosive decompression".
535 posted on 12/27/2009 7:30:06 PM PST by magellan
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To: magellan
A bomb in a cabin at high altitude is more likely to cause severe damage, because the pressurized fuselage is in essence, a bomb.

Yes, it's like an inflated balloon. Although the skin doesn't stretch so much, but it does stretch.

536 posted on 12/27/2009 7:51:36 PM PST by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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