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Old 3rd Feb 2016, 12:40
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Carbon Bootprint
 
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Ever since the ill fated Comet series early on, virtually every commercial passenger airplane has been designed with multiple crack stoppers, redundant load paths, etc. IOW the plane does NOT disintegrate like a punctured balloon simply due to overpressure OR a blown out panel/window, etc. And no - gert frobe type in a bond movie will not be squeezed thru a window.
While I agree with everything here regarding the ability to maintain airworthiness, the statement about pax vulnerability seems open to question.

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