One of my good friends is an airline pilot and we discussed this at length.
There is frangible ammo which will not piece the outer skin of the plane,
yet will deal with the bad guys. . He is an accomplished shooter and is in
favor of arming airline pilots. He felt as a last ditch effort it was his
duty to protect his ship and passengers from terrorist attacks.
> [Original Message]
> From: J. Forster <jfor@onemain.com>
> To: <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Date: 9/27/01 8:26:27 PM
> Subject: [MV] Guns in planes
>
> ABC News on Dateline just confirmed what I asserted a few weeks ago,
namely that
> a bullet will not cause an explosive decompression of a plane. The said
the
> footage from Goldfinger was Hollywood fantasy. The bullet hole just makes
a loud
> noise.
>
> John
>
>
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