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"Gord Beaman" ) wrote:
I've been following this thread for awhile and have heard of most of these incidents before. I notice that 'all' the posts refer to "People etc being sucked out". Isn't the proper term "Blown out" by the higher air pressure inside?, rather than being "Sucked out by the lower air pressure outside?. I realize that the same effect would be realized in either case but it seems to go against my grain to call it "Sucked out". Any thoughts?. Right. No such thing as "suction", which implies being pulled instead of pushed. I suppose since we are talking about bags of fluid and because of the way hydraulics work, the effect is as if there was something 'sucking' on the people. It is a handy word but leads the intuition to jump to conclusions. -- Charlie Springer |
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"Gord Beaman" wrote in message ... (Kevin Brooks) wrote: "Keith Willshaw" wrote in message ... wrote in message om... We all have seen the movies were one pistol shot or what not causes the side of an airliner explode sucking the people, seats, etc. into the void. What would happen in the reality? Let's assume the plane is at the cruising altitude. Not much unless a window was taken out and even then while pillows , papers and magazines would be thrown about people wouldnt be. The extreme case is the Aloha airlines 737 which last about 20 ft of cabin and managed a safe landing, although some people were killed on that one. Keith I believe there have been accident reports of much smaller holes than that Aloha example where passengers were indeed sucked out. I've been following this thread for awhile and have heard of most of these incidents before. I notice that 'all' the posts refer to "People etc being sucked out". Isn't the proper term "Blown out" by the higher air pressure inside?, rather than being "Sucked out by the lower air pressure outside?. I realize that the same effect would be realized in either case but it seems to go against my grain to call it "Sucked out". Any thoughts?. -- -Gord. I agree Gord, the aircraft is pressurised. Scet |
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