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Old 4th Mar 2010, 12:06
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AeroMad
 
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Very unreliable test.
As said by other posters, the cabin was not pressurised, and the doors were open... thus allowing excess pressure from the explosion to escape from the aircraft.
And regards the Pan Am incident, the initial explosion wasn't the sole cause to the aircraft disintegrating, the shockwaves travelling within the pressurised cabin also played a part...

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