re: #181 MandyManners

A hole from a bomb is not the same as what happened on that flight.

As part of the design of the 737, stress may be alleviated by controlled area breakaway zones. The intent was to provide controlled depressurization that would maintain the integrity of the fuselage structure.

Agreed, I’m quoting wikipedia here so All due caveats apply, but: “Paul Withey, an aviation expert, described an explosive decompression inside an aircraft cabin as similar to the explosion of a 500 pound (225 kilogram) bomb inside the cabin”

and I know, I’m wayyyy off topic here so I’m hushing up now. :)