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Old 15th Feb 2011, 16:55
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That's if the valve comes off. Valves do get broken off through mishandling.

If a whole end comes off, as happened on that 747 recently, the whole cylinder shoots out and makes a hole which in that case was an amazingly close match for the cylinder diameter.

The worst one is if the whole cylinder splits and all the gas comes out in one go. That's a proper explosion. Those are very rare.
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