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Bomb exploding in a Boeing 747

To simulate a high altitude bomb explosion, explosives have been loaded in this Boeing B747 (200 grams of Semtex). The aircraft was pressurized to simulate an explosion at 30 000 ft.

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DirtyDan'04
I'm glad they're doing test runs like that. Can you imagine at 30,000ft. and then this happened? Talking about rapid decompression, high g-force and then disintegrate. Yummy tiger far, your comment made me laugh. Heheh! I've seen this 5x last year and I'm still surprised by 200g of Semtex! That's a LOT of damage.
21st September, 2022
Yummy tiger far
Me on the toilet after eating Taco Bell:
30th November, 2020
Pie
Manchester (Uk)
Yep. it is very likely that, in the case of lockerbie, many of the passengers and all on the flightdeck were alive and concious up until impact on ground.
21st May, 2008
douglas
Mtl (Canada)
the lack of magnitude is whats the most scary. wouldnt a lot of the passengers and crew still be alive in midair after the decompression? id wanna be right above the blast
7th January, 2008
mike
Toronto (Canada)
hahaha i wanted to see tht aahhah .................................................... ........................................................... .....................i like chicken!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!
7th May, 2007
back-brick
Toronto (Canada)
wtf!!!! those s-tuped fukin terrorists i hate those pep telem to have peace on the world
19th February, 2007
richard
Nottingham (England)
good job we have better security now or that would be happerning alot more often i tell you! people today are just crazy and need to stop such evil things
5th January, 2007
Alan Clark
London (U.k.)
This demonstration was supposed to emulate the loss of Pan American 103 over Lokerbie, Scotland: however, the "bomb" was put in the rear cargo hold not the front and the resultant explosion does not replicate the wreckage found at the
13th October, 2006
Josef Radetzky
London (Uk)
WTF! 200g did that?
11th August, 2006