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To: combjelly who wrote (539636)12/30/2009 2:32:27 PM
From: Bill  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575626
 
Click on the Monday video: "Failed Terror plot: A link to al Qaeda?"

abcnews.go.com

Watch 50 grams of PETN blow the side out of a plane.



To: combjelly who wrote (539636)12/30/2009 2:35:12 PM
From: jlallen1 Recommendation  Respond to of 1575626
 
It takes an awful lot to bring one down.

Not really...a well shaped and placed charge does not need to be very big to take down an airliner....even rapid decompression of the cabin can lead to structural failure, not always of course....a small charge well shaped and placed could ignite the fuel tanks or take out the flight controls......

This last incident was a case where a worst case scenario was avoided because detonation failed.


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