Richard Reid had his shoe bomb, there was the liquid scare a few years ago, etc. If you've ever wondered exactly how little explosives it takes to catastrophically damage an aircraft in flight take a look at this:



That's GRAMS folks. Not much at all.

 

Missing da link dere boss

 

Huh? I see it.

Edit: Stand by.

Double edit: Try it now.

 

Yup it works now.


200 grams isn't much at all....

 

heck a bullet hole will take down a plane too at 30k ft

 

Dayum!!That's crazy! remind me not to fly when thats supposed to happen

 

That's a myth.

 

well but it`s not to be taken lightly either

the problem is that at higher altitudes there is a great pressure differential between cabin pressure and the actual pressure outside the cabin.
As everything in nature strives for balance,the air wants to expand to compensate the pressure difference :
which means that the cabin expands too...and in case of a sudden compression this might be ugly
now imagine something exploding in there...like hot air expanding rapidly..doh..no fun

thanks Gobbles,that`s a very interesting pic

 

Didn't watch mythbusters, ehh?

 

It seems we have a non-mythbusters fan here.