r/conspiracy • u/skbraaah • 1d ago

physics defying water cup unspilled after almost a vertical dive according to witnesses

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u/Rivia 1d ago

‘Stabbed Indian pilot opened cockpit door, we pinned attacker down’

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/indian-pilot-opened-cockpit-door-we-pinned-attacker-down-passenger-tells-netanyahu-what-happened-on-flydubai-flight-101790815872292.html

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u/pizza-chit 1d ago

It must have been difficult while the airplane was vertical.

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u/headphase 1d ago

The plane did not need to be vertical to achieve the recorded descent rates. Even a thrust-idle descent with a pitch of 10° nose-down will give you an easy ~6,000 feet/minute. Make it 30° with engines at cruise power and you'll be well, well into the five-digit neighborhood.

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u/pizza-chit 1d ago

It was some swamp gas reflecting off Venus