"B2431" wrote in message
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From: "Emmanuel.Gustin"

B2431 wrote:

: I agree a big chunk of skin suddenly departing the aircraft can cause
major
: damage and fatalities like the Hawaii Air stewardess deplaning
prematurely.
: There was also a case in the 1970s of a DC-10(?) where the aft cargo
hatch
blew
: and took a row or two of seats with it.

IIRC there have been incidents with the cargo hatches of DC-10s,
but not limited to the loss of a number of seats; the entire
aircraft was lost --- depressurisation of the cargo bay
caused the cabin floor to collapse, destroying the control
runs.

As a result, modern aircraft were designed to have vents around
the cabin floor.

Emmanuel Gustin


You are correct. The only one I could think of off the top of my head was
where
the last row or two caved. I don't recall if the aircraft landed safely.
If
memory serves it occurred near or over Turkey.

It went down (occured in '74). ISTR another incident over Japan with similar
results?

Brooks

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired