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To: stm
At altitude? Not much. The first round to penetrate the fuselage would probably cause an explosive decompression that would not only suck people out the hole, it could cause enough damage to bring about catastrophic failure of the fuselage.

That is highly unlikely.
Remember the plane in Hawaii a few years ago that lost a large piece of the fusilage and the pilot managed to fly it and land it with the only fatality being someone who was sucked out through the gaping hole.

Bullet holes would cause decompression, but not likely cause catastrophic failure.
A greater danger would be if a bullet punctured a hydraulic line causing loss of control.

23 posted on 11/29/2004 2:26:44 PM PST by jimthewiz (An armed society is a polite society)
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To: jimthewiz

Yes, the 737 "convertible."


48 posted on 11/29/2004 2:51:59 PM PST by CDB
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