Re: OT:Prevent Airline Hijacking

Rich Grise <richgrise@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:pan.2005.05.13.15.36.46.612417@xxxxxxxxxxx:

> On Fri, 13 May 2005 00:12:24 -0400, Mike Monett wrote:
>> 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:
>>
> [people sucked out of airplanes stories]
>
> Then the answer to the hijacking problem is trivially simple: attach
> the roof of the cockpit with explosive bolts. When the hijackers break
> into the cockpit and start threatening the crew, blow the roof. The
> hijackers will be sucked out, and everybody else should have been
> belted in.
>
> Problem solved.
>
> Cheers!
> Rich
>
>
>

It would be much nicer to land the airplane intact.
Especially if *I'm* on it.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net
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