On Wed, 26 Sep 2001, Isaiah Weiner wrote:
> actually i'd feel better about fully automatic submachine guns
> underneat the seat cushion loaded with rubber bullets. everyone armed
> with full metal would kill the plane.
The proposal is for frangible bullets -- ones which break apart on impact,
to minimize penetration and richochet issues.
Also, it is not clear at all that an explosive decompression is a REAL
worrry. Aircraft have 'weep' and pressure equalization venting, not to
mention the toilets (which threaten to suck you out)
-- Russ Herrold
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.3 : Fri Aug 01 2014 - 20:42:41 EDT