yes or no
please explane
2006-08-12 16:08:42 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
If the plane is a jet there is a great possiblity. Also, during the initial decompression of the chamber a vaccum is created. This suction ceases once the pressure on the outside and the inside become equal. I was a paratrooper in the Army, and when we jumped from C-141's (It is a jet), when you go close to the door you got sucked out.
2006-08-12 16:14:24 · answer #1 · answered by Alex B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Given a plane on the ground with a 4-foot hole in it, actually gets by our FAA folks and takes off you want to know if people will get sucked out.
First the pressures are already equal so there is no pressure differential like if there was an explosive decompression. Now we do have to deal with the Bernoulli principle. So yes, it is possible that things or people could fall victim to the difference in pressure created when air flows at different speeds but, now you must consider speed, mass and the aerodynamics of the particular hole and aircraft.
2006-08-12 23:32:30 · answer #2 · answered by BOB W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on altitude, not speed. The air pressure in larger airliners is kept high so you can breathe. The altitude at which they flight means the air is very thin. IF a large hole opens for what ever reason, yes, people can be blown out. But once the air pressure inside and out is the same, all you get is high wings - not a concentrated "push".
And there are more people killed in car accidents around the world every day then have been killed in any full year of airline traffic, including the terrorist attacks on 11-Sep-06. If it weren't safer to fly, I'd drive my family to our vacation. But it is in fact safer to fly.
2006-08-12 23:17:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There has incidents in past acts of terrorism that people have been sucked out of the plane when a huge explosion has happened. This included a 1986 bomb on a plane that got the USA to attack Lybia. There was another massive hole on a Hawaiian airlines jet in 1988 that sucked a stewardess out of the huge hole and was never seen again.
2006-08-12 23:14:32 · answer #4 · answered by eric l 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the location of the hole and if the passengers have their seatbelts on.
Two incidents that I can think of are the Hawaiian Aloha accident and the United Airlines accident after departing Auckland. There were lives lost in both - a whole row of passengers was sucked out in the United Airlines incident.
2006-08-12 23:12:12 · answer #5 · answered by suzanne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it could and yes it has, A vacuum is created on the outside of the place and will try to pull objects/you out. A good seatbelt properly fastened will keep you in for a certain amount of time, It would make it tough to fly and land the plane. This happened on a flight to Hawaii quite a few years ago.
2006-08-12 23:20:55 · answer #6 · answered by Robert D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the altitude, the speed of the airplane, the circumstances of the hole ( pre-existing or sudden ) and the
size of the airplane...
Are you describing a Lear Jet at 500mph at 35,000 ft and a
bomb blowing out a 4ft hole ?....Instant & total disaster ...
Are you describing a DC3 carrying skydivers at 5000ft. at
120mph with a door open ? No problem...
2006-08-12 23:23:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Only momentarily though. That is until the differing pressures equalize.
2006-08-12 23:11:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it takes high altitudes.
2006-08-12 23:15:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-08-12 23:10:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋