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To: Loud Mime

“The people on Korean Airlines 007 fell five miles before the crash killed them, and they were on no joy ride. Think about what THAT was like.”

That would take 3-4 minutes wouldn’t it?


22 posted on 01/26/2008 1:38:10 PM PST by driftdiver
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To: driftdiver

You hit about 120mph (terminal velocity for average human body in spread-eagle posture in the lower atmosphere) in the first seven seconds after the fall begins. Time to surface level from 5 miles altitude is a little over two and a half minutes.

However, unless one of the passengers had an oxygen bottle with them when the KAL jet was blown apart, oxygen deprivation (which occurs at altitudes greater than 10,000 - 15,000ft or so depending on the individual, call it three miles up) would have caused loss of consciousness and/or death long before their bodies hit the ground.


25 posted on 01/26/2008 1:52:17 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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