This cannard is back, AGAIN. There is no reason to believe, outside of a James
Bond movie, that a single, or even a bunch, of bullets from a gun will cause an
explosive de-pressurization of a plane. ABC and others have reported this.
John
Joe Foley wrote:
> --- Bob Wilder <bwild@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > At 11:58 AM 10/06/2001 -0400, Barry Hauser wrote:
> > >Mike wrote:
> > >> I think a solution to aircraft hijacking would be
> > to issue each passenger
> > >a
> > >> 9mm or whatever along with the ticket. When they
> > arrive at their
> > >> destination, they can return the weapon. 73 -
> > Mike
> >
> > Sounds like a good idea..BUT..not knowing who the
> > hijacker is, you issue
> > him a 9mm also, right? Gun not good as a round thru
> > the body of the
> > aircraft could cause violent depressurerization.
> +++++++++
> Where did you get that one from?
>
> A 747 can still fly with 5 cabin windows removed. Are
> you saying a B-52 will crash if only ONE bullet hits
> it?
>
> JOe
>
> > Better to issue all
> > 50KV to 80KV tazers so everyone can zap each other.
> > and whole cabin
> > full of sleeping people so pilot can land at nearest
> > airport.
> >
> >
> > 73
> > Bob Wilder, AF2HD / AFA2HD
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