A B-52 bomber aircraft that crashed at a US Air Force base in California, killing eight people aboard, made a sharp right and then nearly completed a 180-degree turn before plunging to the ground.
The data, which comes from a system called multilateration, does not show precise altitude and speed information, but it does show the plane fell to earth at a rate of descent of 1,541 metres per minute
92.46 km/h
But still, that’s indeed very slow for an aircraft like that. I’m sure they just worded it that way because it sounds faster.
90kph is very slow for a flight speed, but stupidly fast for a decent speed. That is about half the speed of a skydiver free falling. That, added on to the airspeed, would be a very bad situation for any plane.
90 km/h, for those who use metric in sane ways
Or around 150,000 furlongs per fortnight
Uh is it not 60? Am I having a stroke?
60 km/h = 60 kilometers in 60 minutes = 1 kilometer in 1 minute
And assuming the fundamentals of mathematics haven’t actually changed, that is ungodly slow for pretty much any modern jet aircraft…
Edit: WHY DOES THE HEADLINE SAY THAT
That is correct. But the headline also says “more than”, making it even more useless.
From the article:
92.46 km/h
But still, that’s indeed very slow for an aircraft like that. I’m sure they just worded it that way because it sounds faster.
90kph is very slow for a flight speed, but stupidly fast for a decent speed. That is about half the speed of a skydiver free falling. That, added on to the airspeed, would be a very bad situation for any plane.
Wtf abc. Australia uses metric, we shouldn’t have any issues using metric…
What’s that in fast food drive-through lengths?
So basically a suicide crash…
For an aircraft with a typical airspeed of, what, 500 km/h?
Oh I get it: you mean 1.5km per minute. Easy mistake to make.