Thread: 747 Survives Blast

Originally Posted by GoodIdeaAtTheTime

Originally Posted by tropper66

So now the dickheads have told the Terrorists they need larger amount of He to do the job, brilliant

Exactly how thick do you think the bad guys are? I spent three years doing a degree in which missile guidance systems were a big part of the syllabus - the top marks in any exam generally went to the students from Iraq, Iran, and Jordan.

Just because they wrap rags round their heads and their head honchos tend to be lunatics does not make their brains go all mushy.

What I meant was that after last night program a couple of chidren with a box of fire works could now know how to take out an aircraft, your not the only one who has studied with ragheads in a British university, without there financial input most would be bankrupt

21 seconds in, you can see several windows either side of the 'ripple' collapsing inwards and pressumable being held in place by trim....... I wouldn't want to be on any aircraft with the resulting bloody great big hole above the wingbox

Originally Posted by tropper66

So now the dickheads have told the Terrorists they need larger amount of He to do the job, brilliant

They already knew that... They're brighter minds than you think.

Originally Posted by Closet_Jibber

Originally Posted by tropper66

So now the dickheads have told the Terrorists they need larger amount of He to do the job, brilliant

They already knew that... They're brighter minds than you think.

What it actually told them was they had it about right. If the aircraft had been at altitude and pressurised the outcome would have been much different.
Thankfully they have the knack of falling at the last hurdle, hopefully they will continue to do so.

Originally Posted by old_n_fat

Originally Posted by Closet_Jibber

Originally Posted by tropper66

So now the dickheads have told the Terrorists they need larger amount of He to do the job, brilliant

They already knew that... They're brighter minds than you think.

What it actually told them was they had it about right. If the aircraft had been at altitude and pressurised the outcome would have been much different.
Thankfully they have the knack of falling at the last hurdle, hopefully they will continue to do so.

True - To some extent.

I for one agree that it would have been flyable. Anyone notice that there is no trim or insulation fitted to the airframe? With regard to the windows the plexiglass is a lot stronger than glass and there are at least two in each hole. As to to the loss of any pressure, check out the Aloha Airlines 737 that lost half its roof over the pacific.
http://www.aloha.net/~icarus/

747 oxygen cylinder explosion at 30,000ft.

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2008/07/q/

Originally Posted by smartascarrots

So what they're saying is that is an aircrew ever has reason to suspect that there's a bomb aboard, the IA drills should be to de-pressurise the interior and open all the doors?

No doubt the operation would be a complete success, assuming you don't take into account the patient's status.

Pretty much. Boeing QRH refers. :D

Except opening the doors bit. :P

Worked with a guy a few years back who was on the AAIB team that investigated Lockerbie. He was of the view that they were unlucky in that the bomb was on the outside of a baggage can, up against the fuselage. This meant that a) the blast was directed at the fuselage and b) enhanced by the "tamping" effect of bags around it. Any explosive expert care to decode that as I'm none to clued up on that?

They were further unlucky because the subsequent hole formed "petals" that then allowed the airflow to get a purchase and "unzip" the aircraft down a line of rivets on a stringer. Had the bag can and or / the hole been almost anywhere else, they may well have got away with it (less their collective Y Fronts).

Mr Boeing apparently states that the aircraft will remain pressurised with the loss of one window. As for control runs etc, there is a drill whereby crew place suspect items in a particular location clear of them.

Well personally I wouldn't get on a plane that allowed a dummy who had HE duct taped to him!

Shouldn't airport security have spotted this? that's if they aren't ogling x ray pics of slappers!