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To: gaijin

The perp is a Non-State Actor with forces within 3,600 miles of Kuala Lumpu and controls a landing strip sufficiently long to accommodate a Boeing 777.

And they have facilities for 239 hostages or the will to kill them.


58 posted on 03/13/2014 8:37:56 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: gaijin
What is the absolute minimum 777 landing strip length?

I've googled it, and I've come up with nothing.

The wings-level, sea-level stall speed is typically close to 137 knots, apparently.

82 posted on 03/13/2014 8:51:14 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: gaijin

And if they fill up at that airstrip, offload the passengers, and onload something nasty .... then they have another ~8k mile range from there....

Not. Good. At. All


223 posted on 03/14/2014 8:15:17 AM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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