J. Forster wrote:
> I simply don't believe that a shot or even a few would crash the plane due to
> structural failure. I strongly suspect that's a Hollywood figment. Some years
> ago a panel blew out of a plane between islands in Hawaii. A stewardess was
> sucked out and killed, but the plane landed safely. Also, there MUST have been
> window failures in the past. If that brought down airplanes, planes would not
> have windows anymore.
Actually that isn't the hollywood figment - the Hollywood figment is
that people can safetly spray bullets around in an aircraft without
anything dangersous happening.......
TTFN
Jim
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