Re: OT:Prevent Airline Hijacking

Paul Hovnanian P.E. wrote:

[...]

> People getting sucked out holes is a myth. There was a 747 that lost a
> cargo door and a chunk of the passenger cabin wall at altitude. Other
> than the poor guy whose seat was attached to the chunk of airplane that
> got ripped out, nobody else went out the hole.

Nine people went through that hole:

24 February 1989; United Air Lines 747; near Hawaii

The aircraft suffered a explosive decompression when an improperly
closed cargo door broke open at 13,000 feet on climbout from
Honolulu. Although 9 passengers were sucked out of the aircraft, it
returned to Honolulu for a safe landing.

http://www.airdisaster.com/photos/ua811/photo.shtml

Explosive decompression means just that - an explosion. It blows people out of the
plane. Here's more examples:

20 NOV 2000 An American Airlines crew member died when he opened the
door of an Airbus A.300 before the fuselage was depressurized and
`was basically sucked out of the plane onto the tarmac`; Flight 1291
was being evacuated following a return to Miami, FL after engine
problem indications. (AP)

http://aviation-safety.net/news/news.php?var=200011%25&sort=ASC

July 9, 1997 - Passenger Sucked Out Of Brazilian Jet

SAO PAULO, Brazil - A passenger was sucked out of a Brazilian
airplane and fell to his death after an explosion tore off an
emergency door on Wednesday, police said.

http://dnausers.d-n-a.net/dnetGOjg/090797.htm

Bomb tears hole in airliner

Four people, including an eight-month old baby, have been sucked out
of a TWA passenger jet after an explosion ripped a hole in its side.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/2/newsid_4357000/4357159.stm

3 November 1973; National Airlines DC10; over New Mexico, USA: The
aircraft had an uncontained failure of one of the wing mounted
engines. A piece of the engine struck the fuselage and broke a
passenger window. One of the 116 passengers was sucked out of the
aircraft during a rapid decompression. The remains of the passenger
were not found.

3 March 1974; THY DC10-10; near Paris, France: During climb, a rear
cargo door which was improperly closed blew out. The resulting cabin
decompression caused damage to the main cabin floor and to some
control cables in the area. The crew was unable to control the
aircraft and the plane crashed. All 333 passengers and 12 crew were
killed.

http://www.airsafe.com/events/models/dc10.htm

2003 May 9th. Democratic Republic of Congo, near Mbuji-Maji: Some 45
minutes into a flight from Kinshasa to the southeastern city of
Lubumbashi the rear door of a Russian-built Ilyushin 76 cargo jet
burst open at a height of 7,000 feet. The chartered aircraft, owned
by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry was carrying Congolese soldiers,
police officials and their relatives. Forty people clung to the
insides of the plane as tumbling baggage struck their heads and
bodies, injuring about nine of them. The pilots managed to turn back
and to land safely in Kinshasa. Estimated 129 people were sucked out
of the plane.

http://www.emergency-management.net/avi_acc_2000.htm

Mike Monett
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