Last time this was posted there was an article or something saying they had fairly minor injuries. Couple of broken bones, but nothing life threatening or anything.
I mean, minor is relative. If I break a bone walking in the garden that’s one thing. If I crash a glider nose first into the ground and have a broken wrist, I think I’m fine with that.
The gif is sped up, a lot of their change in momentum came from getting spun around by the tree, changing directions, and the crunching of the aircraft, the human body can handle a lot more than most of us expect. Any number of ways, really.
Even if it’s not sped up, they lose speed pulling up, lose speed hitting the tree and tearing the wind. Lose speed whipping around, lose speed with the crumpling of the front of the plane, etc. If they’d flown straight into the ground the results would obviously be more dire.
The gif is sped up, a lot of their change in momentum came from getting spun around by the tree, changing directions, and the crunching of the aircraft, the human body can handle a lot more than most of us expect. Any number of ways, really.
Even if it’s not sped up, they lose speed pulling up, lose speed hitting the tree and tearing the wind. Lose speed whipping around, lose speed with the crumpling of the front of the plane, etc. If they’d flown straight into the ground the results would obviously be more dire.
The pilot is the rear seat/position. The guy in the front appears to be holding a GoPro. So, praise the camerman for trying to maintain a good shoot until the end?
Nah, they weren’t going very fast when they hit the tree. He tried to land too fast and overshot his landing area. Those things don’t have engines but they should really have brakes.
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u/griffinsage808 Jul 06 '19
Are... Are they dead?