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Old Sep 15, 2001 | 10:01 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Spiff:
I hope that by "armed" you don't mean firearms. Putting a bullet through the hull of a pressurized cabin is usually a bad idea.

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Not at all, pressure would equalize and the masks would drop from the ceiling. The plane's structure can easily withstand the hole.

your concern was raised on a few interviews w/security personnel and each one said the same thing, that a bullet hole/s in the plane is not fatal like one would think.

El Al, the Israeli airline has had an armed marshall on everyone of their flights for years.

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