Re: Breaking News: US Air Marshalls

MM wrote:
On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 09:17:15 +0100, "M.I.5¾"
<no.one@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


"Cynic" <cynic_999@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:kqend2hbh6qd6n4b9h3psp8m9n8nr279u5@xxxxxxxxxx

On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 22:21:30 +0100, MM <kylix_is@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


On 10 Aug 2006 17:14:37 GMT, Ian Stirling <root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


"M.I.5?" <no.one@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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An excellent move, though unadviseable in a pressurised aeroplane.

Now work out the airflow out of a 9mm hole.

Passengers would still get sucked out through it. It would just take
longer, that's all. And the plane may have landed by then, allowing
surgeons to retrieve and reuse any remaining body parts.

You would not get "sucked out" through a 9mm hole (so long as it
remained 9mm) The pressure difference is obviously less than 1 bar.
A 9mm hole would not allow an airflow that was particularly
detectable, let alone a wind powerful enough to move even a small
child.


The nature of aircraft skins is such that it wouldn't stay a 9mm hole for more than a few milliseconds.


Exactly. First your nose would open it up a bit, then your face, your
head, and so on. Soon your upper body would be next and the hole would
rapidly grow ever bigger. But you'd be dead by then anyway, due to
lack of oxygen and the freezing cold.

MM

Urban myth:
http://www.thegunzone.com/091101/goldfinger.html
http://www.tv.com/mythbusters/explosive-decompression-frog-giggin-rear-axle/episode/296711/recap.html

"Explosive Decompression:
This test was intended to prove or disprove the myth that a hole in an aircraft during flight will suck everything in the aircraft outside, like in many action movies.
They tested this myth using 4 different methods. Gunshot though window, gunshot through fuselage, small explosive to blow out the window, and large explosive. (Which blew up nearly the entire aircraft)
The Mythbusters first started by finding an old plane in an aircraft graveyard. They then completely sealed up the aircraft, rigged up a remote-control gun, and then pressurized the inside of the aircraft to the equivalent of the pressure while flying. Buster, the crash test dummy, was in the seat beside the window to be shot.
A hole in the window did not cause anything to even move, nor did a hole in the fuselage. A small explosion meant to take the entire window out caused a seat cover to get sucked out the window. The large explosion ripped off the entire roof of the aircraft as well as a portion of the side. Buster remained in his seat, despite a lot of debris laying on top of him.
This myth was busted - you cannot be sucked out of a small hole of an aircraft while flying. "
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