CNN New Day March 24, 2014 11:04:00
Dramatically its altitude to 12,000 feet. give us an idea of what scenario matches with a plane suddenly turning and drop being to 12,000 feet. >> the military radar was able to discern by detecting that was not inconsistent with what pilots call a high dive, meaning at 35,000 feet you have some sort of catastrophe, decompression, fire, whatever the case, which necessitates getting the plane down to an altitude where you can breathe the air. 10,000 feet is the number you aim for. a high dive is ...
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