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Old 25th Jul 2008, 08:31
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where is the skin of the cargo container - and why has it ruptured?
The aluminium skin of the baggage containers is very thin and would be easily ruptured (ie blown apart) by the force of an oxy bottle letting go. The fuselage skin is much stronger but was no match for this force.
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