From: "Robert Comer" 

As long as a critical to flight system isn't damaged when the failure occurs...

- Bob Comer


"John Beamish"  wrote in message
news:3ffe52f4{at}w3.nls.net...
> Aloha 243 suggests that overpressurization (internally) is not fully
> catastrophic to the airframe.
>
> "Jeff Shultz"  wrote in message
> news:3ffe4c2c{at}w3.nls.net...
> > John Beamish wrote:
> >
> > > But that's my point:  the explosion would occur during final approach
> not
> > > while someone is overflying Chicago.  If the explosion occurs during
> final
> > > approach then the depressuring of the cabin would not cause
catastrophic
> > > failure.  If the explosion occurs during an overflight then it would
be
> > > *very* difficult to choose the flight that is actually overflying
> Chicago.
> > >
> > My point being that it isn't the depressurization that is the problem -
> it's
> > the catastrophic overpressurization immediately preceding the
> > depressurization.
> >
> >
> > > "Jeff Shultz" 
wrote in message
> > > news:3ffe3a26{at}w3.nls.net...
> > >> John Beamish wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > When you are over Chicago you're on final approach and there
wouldn't
> > >> > be any
> > >> > massive depressurization of the cabin.  The
airframe is likely to
> > >> > withstand the bomb -- remember the Aloha Airways flight?
> > >> > http://www.disastercity.com/flt243/
> > >> >
> > >> The Aloha Airways flight had to deal with less than 1
atmosphere of
> > >> overpressurization... an explosion would cause more
overpressurization
> > >> for a critical period, would it not?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > "Geo."  wrote in message
> news:3ffdef33$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > >> >> Not true, think of the shoe bomb guy.. wait
till you are over the
> city
> > > of
> > >> >> chicago and then crash..
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Geo.
> > >> >>
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Jeff Shultz
> >
> > --
> > Jeff Shultz
>
>

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