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re: 40 years ago today, July 9, 1982, Pan Am flight 759 crashed
Posted on 7/9/22 at 6:18 pm to RandySavage
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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Posted on 7/9/22 at 6:22 pm to mtntiger
A wing struck the ground first. When the jet fuel ignites there's not much you can do. Some people survive if the plane lands on its belly and doesn't strike anything.
Posted on 7/9/22 at 6:27 pm to mtntiger
I don't really know the details of how the plane actually hit the ground but it seems like it would have hit relatively flat and skidded absorbing some of that impact rather than driving down into the ground.
Mainly though I just hate flying and always delude myself into think once it's descending/lower to the ground it's a lot safer and this crash is interfering with my delusion, ha.
Mainly though I just hate flying and always delude myself into think once it's descending/lower to the ground it's a lot safer and this crash is interfering with my delusion, ha.
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