-Caveat Lector-
MICHAEL SPITZER wrote:
From another list I'm on:
Question: I am not a pilot, or an airplane mechanic, so I ask
this from a position of ignorance and seek responses from those
more expert.
I was reading the accounts of the plane accident, and from what I
could make of it, the plane was on its final descent to land.
Approximate speed was something under 100 mph, given the top
speed of the plane was about 150 mph. The pieces being found are
things like pieces of seats, one wheel, a wing strut, a piece of
landing gear, etc. In other words, small pieces of a very badly
broken apart plane, a plane whose fuselage was ripped apart badly
enough to tear the very seats apart. Does this seem logical to
you? The pieces descriptions sound to me like what would happen
if the plane exploded, not something that would happen if it
ditched in the water on final approach. Am I just ignorant here?
Yes.
Water would be like concrete at the speed it *might have* hit.
The speed you cite is horizontal, not vertical. Find the WEIGHT
of the plane, the cited altitude and utilize some Physics for a
better 'picture'. It is quite possible that the plane was in
a 'powered dive' when it hit the water -- which could certainly
exceed its horizontal maximum speed.
You could only 'guess' the speed at impact, but assuming the
plane merely 'dropped' from the last reported altitude will
provide its MINIMUM (or approximate since weights of the
passengers, fuel and luggage would have to be estimated).
Regard$,
--MJ
There is no authority except facts. Facts are obtained by
accurate observation. Deductions are to be made only from
facts. -- William Boeing
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