Boeing with another banger

  • POKEMONGOTOTHEGULAG [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    10 months ago

    How on Earth did everyone survive. This may be a delayed Christmas miracle.

    Edit: Looks like they ‘only’ hit 4.8km before blow out. They are really, really lucky that Boeing engineering is so shitty that stuff already fails at such low altitudes

    • spectre [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      10 months ago

      Besides the person directly adjacent falling out of the plane, I don’t see why there would be a high risk of dying from this incident.

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        10 months ago

        Ever checked the outside temperature during cruising? It usually around -50°C. Entire rows of airplanes have been frozen to death in incidents like this previously. The outward suction also increases at higher altitudes.

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          10 months ago

          In which incident did passengers freeze to death? I haven’t heard of that.

          I guess they’re especially lucky they weren’t over the ocean or something in this incident since they could land immediately.