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rhino369 on May 2, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Catching a Flight? Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for ...

Maybe it'll start happening more, but a single bomb on a filled 747 you can kill 350 people. The same bomb on the ground might kill a dozen or two.

A plane with a hole in it crashes and kills all on board.

simoncion on May 2, 2016 [–]

> A plane with a hole in it crashes and kills all on board.

God no, that's far from certain. [0] Aircraft are designed to function in the face of all sorts of failures.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWA_Flight_840_bombing

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