The only dangerous
thing that a bullet in an aircraft could do is hit something in the
control system (guess how many backup systems there are?) or take out
an engine (they can fly without one) or hit one of the people in the
cockpit. (there are two of them, at least)

Well, it could hit me--that's dangerous!

Thanks for the information about frangibles / prefragmented / sky
marshal rounds. But are the marshal's rounds different again from
prefragmented?

The way I'm reading this is this: Sky marshals do indeed have a type
of breakup round that is intended to lessen the chance that the guy
behind the hijacker will be killed, and that has nothing to do with
the possibility of piercing the aircraft shell?

all the best -- Dan Ford
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