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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head
from today's news:
Plane crashes in Venezuela with 47 on board
At least 23 survivors reported; turboprop had just taken off
CARACAS, Venezuela ? A commercial plane carrying at least 47 people crashed shortly after takeoff Monday in eastern Venezuela, and an official said at least 23 people survived. The ATR-42 turboprop from the government-run airline Conviasa crashed near Puerto Ordaz and about 6 miles after take-off from Ciudad Guayana, Transportation Minister Francisco Garces told reporters.
The plane went down on the property of the government-run Sidor steel foundry.
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 Guess what? The plane didn't "vaporize", and the steel foundry it crashed into did not melt. |
My god your an idiot.
Most of the plane crashes happen at a low speed either during take off or landing, and usually they "belly flop". This limits the damage to the plane and is why people survive plane crashes.
Let me dumb this down for you. If throw a glass bottle at a wall the bottle breaks. If you send that same glass bottle into a concrete wall at 600 mph it's not going to break, but go through the wall. A plane that belly flops into a small building at 150 mph in a controlled fall means the plane breaks up into lots of pieces. A plane out of control crashing into a strongly built skyscraper at 600 mph or the world's largest building (the Pentagon) means the plane gets vaporized.