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Harry[_2_]

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On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 18:24:52 -0600, "Del Cecchi"
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On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:37:48 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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You can't confuse this with Pan Am 103 where 2 pounds of Semtex
exploded in the nose of the plane and blew it off. Air pressure
coming
in the front of the plane ripped it apart. You don't get that from
a
hole in the side.

Then you haven't read the reports that have been posted. The Shoe
Bomber's
explosive would have destroyed the plane. This guy's quantity of the
same
stuff was greater. You also didn't see the demo I guess.

I know hysteria when I see it. This bomb was in this guy's lap. Most
of the explosion would have been absorbed by his body, much like the
guy who jumps on a grenade and saves the platoon.
Certainly bad things can happen any time you have an explosion on a
plane but you still have to understand how much explosive he has and
where it was placed.

Planes are really a lot tougher that you give them credit for.

Perhaps that is why he waited many hours until the wheels were down on
final approach to Detroit? I wondered about that.

I'm sure he thought the plane would go down over a populated area but
at low altitude, the chances of this tiny little bomb actually hurting
the plane are a lot less. No appreciable cabin pressure and low air
speed.

On approach to the Detroit airport, planes may well fly over small
cities with some of the largest percentages of muslims in the USA, such
as, for example, dearborn.