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by belter
1547 days ago
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Not far from current preliminary estimates. "China Plane Was Travelling At Speed Of Sound As It Slammed Into Hill": https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/china-jets-fatal-dive-took-i... "The Boeing Co. 737-800 was knifing through the air at more than 640 miles (966 kilometers) per hour, and at times may have exceeded 700 mph, according to data from Flightradar24, a website that tracks planes. "The preliminary data indicate it was near the speed of sound," said John Hansman, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology astronautics and aeronautics professor who reviewed Bloomberg's calculation of the jet's speed. "It was coming down steep."" |
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