Transporter - Beaming Into Water?

[Ziz]

Well, he did say "early on", so I'm thinking he was referring to 1987 or '88.

 

[Loneknight]

Well, based on how many times a flaw in the transporter has been used as a plot device, that's a lie.

I dunno...I think the holodeck still holds that record.

 

[Crazy Eddie]

The pushback effect of the beam before the transportee arrives could also explain why you can transported into liquid and gas without harm, but killed if attempted if being transported inside something solid, the field can't push the solid outwards.

It's not a given that "beaming into a bulkhead" or something would actually kill you. If the transporter beam simply displaces whatever you're beaming into, then "beaming into a bulkhead" is the equivalent of being buried alive in a slab of metal. You might actually survive it if only your body is inside the bulkhead and part of your face is still outside it.