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Most airline flights make one or more 90-degree or more turn(s) at some point. No airline passenger experiences even 1.5 G's on a normal flight.
I thought we were talking about a 90 degree nose dive into the ground. You seem to be talking about a 90 degree _turn_. Isn't that a different situation?
I thought we were talking about a 90 degree nose dive into the ground. You seem to be talking about a 90 degree _turn_. Isn't that a different situation?
According to the documentary we watched, a sudden nose-dive would cause pilots and passengers to mercifully pass out before hitting the ground.
I can't even begin to imagine how terrifying it was for all passengers on board, plummeting straight down to the ground knowing you are seconds from death.
If not intentional it would seem they lost all control or power in the plane. Like it stalled out or something. But wouldn't that create a wobbly or irregular decent?
"China Eastern Flight 5735 was flying at 29,000 feet (8,840 meters) when it entered a steep, fast dive around 2:20 p.m. local time, according to data from FlightRadar24.com. The plane plunged to 7,400 feet (2,255 meters) before briefly regaining about 1,200 feet (370 meters) in altitude, then dove again. The plane stopped transmitting data 96 seconds after starting to dive."
The comments for the above article were interesting. Two men were speaking about "plane stall" and how to come out of it, another made comment of US Navy ("google it") using a laser to take it down, several asked "who" was on the plane, another commented it was because China refused to support Ukraine, others asked if icing on the wings caused this, some comments are said for "shock" value, but most make one think of the many reasons this could have happened......It is highly unusual, if it happens at all, for a plane to just "fall from the sky". Usually crashes occur at landing or take-off.
I look forward to hearing what happened to cause this tragedy. Wonder if we ever will?
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