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Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] Film Xrays at airports etc[OT]
From: Jim Couch <jamesbcouch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 20:59:45 -0800
I would be more worried that, in a crowded airplane, the wrong person (such as
me) might get hit. That would seem to me to be the real risk of a firearm on
board.

Jim Couch

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.
>
> I miss carrying my Leatherman, too.  I used it to repair a non-reclining
> business class seat over the Atlantic once.  And I didn't charge Delta.
>
> Gary Edwards


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