JOhn
I like to think of myself as one of those with an open mind, and have followed your contributions to this thread with interest.
In reply to MM, you said
13700 feet is 3.5PSI for 38115 pounds against that door. When that balloon pops, ruptures occurred at the midspan latches and caused that sudden loud sound on the CVR...which in the NTSB AAR 00/03 specifically matches the TWA 800 sound to the sound of United Airlines Flight 811 and a Boeing 737 on the ground
Now, I understand what you are saying about the aircraft at 13,700 feet, but surely the air pressure internally and externally in the 737 incident were both ambient, and therefore any failure of the door would not cause the same type of sound as decompression would not occur? Hence if the sound in the 737 incident and the various 747 ones IS the same, explosive decompression cannot be the cause.
Please correct me if I have misunderstood.
