The Hawaii plane lost it's upper casing for something like 10 rows. It was caused by metal stress and turned out that it was a known and preventable problem that the airline had failed to implement.
As far as some nutcase charging the pilot/co-pilot and them missing, you're talking about a relatively small hole. Depressurising a cabin does NOT cause a plane to crash. Not even loss of a primary flight control system guarantees flight failure. Hatton Kevin Schmidt wrote: > Or, they kill all the people when the loony flies the plane into a > building. > > Reinforced cockpit doors = time to get gun out and aim. > > Besides I think they should give them .22 bird shot in the hand guns, > that way it won't puncture the cockpit, and cabins have decompressed > before without the plane crashing. Ever see the photo of the plane that > landed in Hawaii, I think it was. A huge chunk of the front section of > the roof of the plane was gone, I think it was from a bomb. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Philip Arnold - ASP [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 10:13 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: House OKs Bill to Arm Airline Pilots > > >>http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20020710/D7KM9V600.html >> >>Discuss. >> >>I'm all for it, personally. >> > > All I have to say on this is that someone hasn't thought this through... > > What happens if a loony comes into the cockpit and threatens the pilots, > the pilot pulls out the gun, the loony continues to advance... BANG... > The bullet misses the loony and punctures the cockpit, the plane > decompresses causing the plane to crash... > > They kill a whole plane full of people rather than being taken to > another country > > INSANE! > > Philip Arnold > Technical Director > Certified ColdFusion Developer > ASP Multimedia Limited > Switchboard: +44 (0)20 8680 8099 > Fax: +44 (0)20 8686 7911 > > www.aspmedia.co.uk > www.aspevents.net > > An ISO9001 registered company. > > ********************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > the system manager. > ********************************************************************** > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
