re: explosives story - how many airliners are operating on the planet?

[Wat_Tyler]

It'd be useful to juxtapose that figure with the fact that the missing explosives could down at least 760,000 of them.

[eyesroll]

1. I couldn't find that specific bit of info...

But on Sept. 11, 2001, there were about 4,500 planes in the air, under the direction of U.S. air traffic control.

[Wat_Tyler]

2. Say 50,000. Enough explosives to destroy every airliner in the world.

Fifteen times over.

[elehhhhna]

3. so we went in to confiscate dangerous weapons but we didn't do it. Hmmmm.