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------- I am more concerned about a tank or set of doubles having a valve shear off, a manifold break, or a handle get smacked so it opens and lets the tank go thru a wild ride in the belly of the airplane doing all sorts of damage. I witnessed an incident onboard a Navy ship where a set of Navy 90's fell over hitting the manifold on a toolbox. They went thru the shop and broke a desk, knocked over a file cabinet, broke one person's leg in two places, and literally beat the shit out of three other people. ALL IN 10 SECONDS. These tanks had 3000 PSI in them. Tanks DO NOT explode or fly around like a missile and go a mile like the old story tellers say! They DO take a wild ride spinning and hitting things nastily. Its not the expolsion (very unlikely) or a burst disk blowout (controlled release) that I fear, its the other things in the cargo bay and the possibility or things moving around in bad weather or sudden turbulance that might break a valve or manifold that scares me. Regards and safe diving, Tim Urbanski PS - If anyone is planning to ship full tanks or an airplane could you please let me know by private e-m1il. I travel 75% of the time for my job and I do not want to be on the same plane. That goes for air freight too. I would also like to buy lots of life insurance on the person shipping the tanks if they go on the same plane. I think its a good bet. -------
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