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7beestoday at 12:39 AM2 repliesview on HN

Many fireworks are designed to explode at altitude. The biggest risk is probably if the firework is ingested into an engine (also a major risk for bird strikes).


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fc417fc802today at 12:46 AM

Given the sheer quantity of energy that's already being continuously released in an engine would a small firework actually pose more danger than a bird? There's no bones in a firework after all.

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lazidetoday at 12:40 AM

99% of them also don’t have enough explosive force to do more than damage a hand.

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