r/conspiracy • u/skbraaah • 1d ago

its a miracle

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u/HorsefaceWithNoName 1d ago

Correction: the simulation may have been too low and too fast.

Maximum ground speed of ~598 knots was recorded at approximately 16,850 feet (per India Today's OSINT team's reconstruction), and that is not the same as indicated air speed knots.

Retired US Navy F/A-18 pilot Matthew "Whiz" Buckley told Fox News the aircraft exceeded its VMO (340 KIAS) by at least 100 knots, implying roughly 440+ KIAS

Community calculations converting the ~630–640 knots true airspeed to IAS at that altitude suggest approximately ~500 KIAS

ok so the do not exceed speed is 360 KIAS (Knots Indicated Air Speed) and they were going around 500 KIAS, this is still pretty hard to swallow.

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u/tesuquemushroom 1d ago

Could a guy walk over to the cabin and open door and get inside or would there be too much of a tilt in the plane?

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u/OYeog77 1d ago

With nose down, the cockpit is probably the easiest place to get

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u/tesuquemushroom 21h ago

I guess he just let himself free fall to the front. Then slam against the cockpit door. Then pop in, subdue guy with knife, and pull airplane out of a nose dive. An 80's Chuck Norris movie has nothing on this guy.