I was watching "Concorde: Airport 79" and in it a bad guy sets the main cargo door to open while in flight. It causes a explosive decompression that begins to tear the plane apart.
Soon after (in a matter of seconds) inside the cargo bay a piece of luggage (one that hasnt flown out yet) bangs around the inside and tears through the bottom of the plane.
Is that possible? could a piece of luggage rip the skin of a plane? i would think a plane's skin would be too tough.
2007-02-11 01:19:47 · 9 answers · asked by clomtancy 5 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
As long as the door in question opens to the inside, you won't be able to open it under pressure.
Aircraft skin is thinner than you may think, around 1/8" give or take, depending on the part of the plane. Structural members are much thicker, and different type of aluminum or other alloy. Baggage compartments i've seen, have a "liner" with no direct access to the skin. Thats more of an FAA thing having to do with smoke and fire in the baggage area. It has to be sealed to where a Halon extinguisher would be effective. There are fire bottles for that area. Thats just to explain why a bag wouldn't punch through the skin. It's fairly tough.
2007-02-11 09:12:38 · answer #1 · answered by JET_DOC 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, luggage will not go through the aircraft's skin. Nor will an aircraft explode from a sudden loss of cabin pressure. Most commercial planes have a large vent at the rear of the fusalage that air passes through from the cabin. The compressor fans of the engines push air into the cabin constantly, it is vented through the rear. You could knock several of the windows out, and all they would do is close the vent to restore cabin pressure.
2007-02-11 11:32:40 · answer #2 · answered by spikemode 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No its not possible for a piece of luggage to rip the skin of a plane.
2007-02-11 09:28:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the suitcase wouldn't go the the skin, but it also isn't possible to open an airliner door in flight either, due to cabin pressure holding it closed.
2007-02-11 13:56:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is impossible that a peice of luggage will tear the fuselage, the suction would simply pull it out the hole that was made, you were correct airplanes are incredibly tough.
2007-02-11 09:50:59 · answer #5 · answered by mark971 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's Hollywood for you! But come to think of it. They took all of the Concordes out of service a while back didn't they!
2007-02-11 10:36:47 · answer #6 · answered by No More 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the whole senario is a bunch of BS, total and complete nonsense
2007-02-13 17:14:03 · answer #7 · answered by al b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it could unless it had a lot of force behind it.
2007-02-11 10:01:36 · answer #8 · answered by astronut 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um...no
2007-02-11 14:18:58 · answer #9 · answered by lisak0486 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋