@blackbird69:
Thanks. In the investigation of Korean 007 they did actually use such calculations to estimate initial damage to the fuselage!
wikipedia/KE007
It would seem MH17 took more of a direct hit and initial damage would have been greater? Comparable to that in other similar major
decompression accidents ?
Either way the plane was probably doomed after the initial hit and we will have to wait for the investigation to know a bit more.