I’m a terrorist. I know that you have ‘knockout gas’. I also know that if I depressurize the airplane, those little oxy-masks will drop, and provide me and my cohorts a breathable atmosphere while the rest of you pass out. Taking this airliner is as easy as pie.
And before you go on about all the “what about the explosive blowouts?” just remember you saw that in a Hollywood movie. Depressurization can happen from a bullethole, an unsealed door, or a knife through a few select windows. It’s not always so explosive.
Tripler
I swear to God, I’d rush them sunzabitches while I still had the breath.
I’ve been through an “altitude chamber”. Part of the training involved a rapid decompression. We sat in the small part of the chamber and the large part was depressurized. The drill was to put on our O[sub]2[/sub] masks in an emergency situation and switch to 100% O[sub]2[/sub]. While the instructor was talking about what to expect, there was a loud bang and the room filled with fog. (“The old ‘Lull-them-into-complacency-while-I-talk’ trick!”) Not a single person was sucked through the valve.