CRT implosions (was: Re: "screen mold")

[Jules Richardson]

Tony Duell wrote:
> I am told, BTW, that several radar operates in planes in the last war 
> were killed when the plane had a heavy landing, the radar display CRT 
> imploded, and they were litterally shot in the face by bits of the 
> electron gun.

Not something I'd heard before - but I can certainly believe that; such 
displays tend to be pretty large in diameter and of course are 
flat-faced so must be naturally pretty weak toward the centre of the face.

> It's not much diffeerent to an explosion. The gl;ass collapses inwards, 
> but it doesn't when it gets to the middle. It carries on, and flies all 
> over the place.

Ouch! I presume most of the blast goes backwards though where the glass 
is thinner. (It's interesting speculating about all of this - it's not a 
topic I've seen crop up on the list before now)

cheers

Jules