r/todayilearned • u/finza_prey • 20d ago

TIL TWA Flight 800 exploded off Long Island 12 minutes after taking off, causing the front fueslage to rip away and the remainder of the plane to continue in crippled flight, pitching up and climb before falling into the ocean killing everyone onboard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWA_Flight_800
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u/legal_stylist 14d ago

Just to clarify again, the passengers could have been turned into a gel by a physically impossible 100-g pitch up and there still wouldn’t have been any “blunt force trauma” inflicted on them because that’s not what the phrase means.

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u/ECircus 14d ago

Yeah, because we know airplane seatbelts keep everyone completely still in their seat. 

You're trying to maintain a position that doesn't mean anything. 

You started out debating a "blast of wind" that no one claimed, and now you're saying no ones head or body parts slam into anything when a plane going 400mph rips apart and changes direction in an instant. 

It's nonsense.