Mythbusters and explosive decompression

If a bullet penetrated the skin of an aircraft, the plane could not have
been more than a couple of thousand feet high, and it would not be
pressurized.





"John Harlow" wrote in message
...
My conviction of the miniscule damage to be caused by a sky
marshall or pilot popping off a few caps at a terrorists has been
reinforced.

Some years ago an airliner landed here in Richmond after having been shot
by
someone on the ground. It was a completely coincidental thing where
someone
shot into the sky and just happened to hit an airliner. The news report
showed the bullet hole; other than that the plane was fine.

"Bill Denton" wrote in message If a bullet penetrated the skin of an
aircraft, the plane could not have been more than a couple of thousand feet
high, and it would not be pressurized.

It would likely be pressurized, just not at maximum differential.

D.