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Bomb Proof Lining Contains Explosion In Luggage Hold Of Aircraft

A bomb-proof lining developed by an international team of scientists, including academics from the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom, has successfully contained blasts in a series of controlled explosions in the luggage hold of a Boeing 747 and an Airbus 321. 

The Fly Bag, which lines an aircraft’s luggage hold with multiple layers of novel fabrics and composites, has been tested under increasingly larger explosive charges on disused planes. The tests demonstrated a plane’s luggage hold may be able to contain the force of an explosion should a device concealed within a passenger’s luggage be detonated during flight. This would mitigate damage to the plane and help keep passengers safe.