Quote Originally Posted by J View Post
Can't believe nobody replied to this, or maybe I missed it?

Modern aircraft have backups in duplicate or triplicate on most systems. Don't think a couple of bullets will be able to take them out.
Yeah, several bullet holes in the fuselage of a modern commercial airliner would not cause any serious problems. Cabin would depressurize, O2 masks would drop, and the plane would keep on flying. This has been tested again and again: A single, or even multiple bullet holes in a pressurized aircraft are not going to cause it to explode or tear in half like in the movies.