Flights security

Watch: This Solution Could Protect Planes Against Bombs

An international team of scientists has now made a significant headway into making flights far, far safer. They have figured out how to bombproof the luggage hold of a commercial plane, keeping it safe in the event of an explosion.

Fly-Bag, as their solution is called, is a flexible, bombproof material designed to line the inside of commercial airliner’s luggage hold. It’s constructed from multiple layers of high-strength, heat-resistant materials. For example, Aramid, one of the composite materials, is used in ballistic body armour.

It’s the flexibility of the Fly-Bag that allows it to contain the power of the explosion – by stretching to accommodate the shock wave – while protecting the plane’s machinery and the people inside from shrapnel and blast fragments.