"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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C J Campbell writes:

I can believe the load shifting and causing a decompression because I
have
seen this happen to friends of mine. They lived, but were hospitalized
for
six months.

I'm surprised the load could develop enough inertia to breach the
fuselage. Isn't everything packed in pretty tight, and tied down as
well?

Towards the end of the movie, he is told that they speculated there was an
explosion in the cargo hold. (Recall that this came out shortly after the
oxygen cylinder explosed and caused the crash in the Everglades in
Florida -- ValuJet or some such carrier.


Although Noland is alone on the island for years, he does not go crazy
or
commit suicide.

Recall that he made the rope to hang himself, but "chickened out".


He never has to trim his nails, either. Nothing to do with aviation,
but I couldn't prevent myself from noticing that in the movie.

He'd likely break them with all the manual labor he had to do -- but his
teeth were just a white when he got back as if he'd just got back from the
dentist.