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Old 10th Nov 2015, 04:41
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rem aloha convertible

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(just look at the Aloha convertible, where more than 50% of the fuselage structure was missing yet it still held together).
Not at all comparable - the skin unwrapped but all the load carrying stringersm and floor beams and circumferentials were intact

IN an explosion as postulated, depending on location, several major members would likely be destroyed. If carefully located a small explosive could sever for example a major structure member in the tail section and get the result. Or even poor maintenancece - as the 747 over japan demonstrated re tail .
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