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Old Jan 5, 2005 | 9:58 am
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Originally Posted by HeHateY
Aren't barometric altimeters pretty useless for indicating actual altitude inside a cabin that is kept at a max pressure of circa 8000 feet?

Maybe the terrorists only want the bomb to go off in the unlikely event of a loss of cabin pressure at high altitude

Terrorists work in mysterious ways. That's why you've got to be terrified of everything.
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