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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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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. Let's further assume the bullet goes through the aluminum skin. It would result in a hole about 1/2" in diameter and probably a loud whistling of escaping air. The outflow valves that control pressurization would close slightly to compensate for the air loss. You're left with the noise, exacerbated by screaming/panicking passengers. Put a pillow over the hole to stop the whistling; that may stop the screaming. Worse case would be a window. The bullet might cause the entire window to fail. Since the window is similar in size to the outflow valves, the cabin pressure would probably begin to decrease slowly as the air rushes out. Unrestrained objects may be sucked out. A dinner tray or piece of a serving cart could be used to block the hole, if it could be maneuvered into place. |
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