Punctured pressure cabin.

"Tex Houston" wrote in
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"M. J. Powell" wrote in message
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There has been a bit of a furore over here concerning the new US
requirement to airlines to supply air marshals when requested. The
concern is mainly over the possible puncture of a pressure cabin.
What do readers think is the result of decompression via a bullet
hole?

Mike
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M.J.Powell

Unless it hits electrical or hydraulic systems pretty much nothing.
Score it as a miss. A bullet hole will not decompress an airplane. A
hatch leak will probably leak more and can be easily overcome by the
pressurization system.

Tex




Even then,it's very hard for a bullet to get to the electrical or hydraulic
systems(besides actually hitting them),those being UNDER the passenger
deck.You'd have to shoot at a fairly steep angle,and the bullet would lose
energy pretty quickly.

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Jim Yanik
jyanik-at-kua.net