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B-52 bomber crashed at more than a kilometre per minute at US Air Force base (www.abc.net.au)

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[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 24 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

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

[–] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

That is correct. But the headline also says "more than", making it even more useless.

[–] lividweasel@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

From the article:

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.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

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.