March 7, 2007: Plane barely survives 20,000 feet freefall

beagle1971 · 03-08-2007, 11:02 AM

Well, ground speed isn't equal to air speed, but I don't know what the conversion of the two would be, accounting for air density and such, so what I posted earlier is misleading concerning rated speed and ground speed listed at the tracking site. I just theorized that the plane went over its rated speed, which is what caused the structural damage, most notably to the tail, but also the wing buckling.

03-08-2007, 11:02 AM	#12
beagle1971 Person Who Has Posted Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2	Well, ground speed isn't equal to air speed, but I don't know what the conversion of the two would be, accounting for air density and such, so what I posted earlier is misleading concerning rated speed and ground speed listed at the tracking site. I just theorized that the plane went over its rated speed, which is what caused the structural damage, most notably to the tail, but also the wing buckling.

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