Sylvia Else wrote...

Yeah, maybe.

Another thing, I read the article in the paper and viewed the photos online. The
hole in the floor seemed significant in size. The newspaper reports (which is
all we have to go on unless the man himself wishes to comment) suggest that the
crew wasn't aware of what damage had been caused til they landed. Now, I'm
wondering if they were able or unable to peer into the hole. If so would they
not have seen the opening in the fuselage?

To Marty, I saw a report on the news last night (Ten, it might've been) where
they had an animated "reproduction" of the events. According to it the base of
the cylinder ruptured. If that did happen then it's not surprising that it took
off like a bullet.

I once witnessed an oxy bottle (oxy acetylene type) fall off the back of a ute.
It hit the ground, the neck snapped off. It then shot down the hill like a
bullet and disappeared into the fog. We found it 100m away half buried.

Scary stuff.