Yo,
on Sat, 19 Jan 2002 07:33:09 -0600, Gary Edwards wrote:
>There is a persistant feeling among the non-technical that a single hole in
>the hull of a pressurized airliner is catastrophic. Not so; they are
>designed to tolerate a great deal of damage and steps were taken in the
>design to prevent unchecked crack growth - so they do not rupture like a
>balloon pricked by a pin. And the pressurization system can keep upwith a
>significant leak long enough for a rapid but not emergency descent. Control
>runs are redundant as well. A few bullet holes worry me a lot less than an
>unchecked terrorist bent on collecting his promised ration of virgins.
Thanks Gary - this is exactly what I thought, but as - not being
non-technical, but in a different field - I wasn't sure about the
technical details, I kept my mouth shut. Nice to see what I thought
confirmed by an expert.
MtFbwy,
Volkhart
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