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re: 40 years ago today, July 9, 1982, Pan Am flight 759 crashed
Posted on 7/9/22 at 11:49 am to PhiTiger1764
Posted on 7/9/22 at 11:49 am to PhiTiger1764
Man it only got 150 feet off the ground max and still everyone died? That's crazy
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Posted on 7/9/22 at 12:30 pm to RandySavage
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Man it only got 150 feet off the ground max and still everyone died? That's crazy
150 feet is a lot. Only sounds low compared to cruising altitude.
Posted on 7/9/22 at 6:18 pm to RandySavage
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Man it only got 150 feet off the ground max and still everyone died? That's crazy
That's like a 15-story building, plus the plane was still traveling +100 mph.
That height plus that velocity plus that mass means A LOT of energy impacting the ground. Even if people didn't die immediately from the impact alone (which is highly unlikely), they certainly would have been knocked unconscious.
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