CNN Anderson Cooper 360 December 30, 2014 04:29:00
And lastly what if this plane simply stalled in flight? what if there are so many low and high pressure areas happening so quickly that the plane lost a tremendous amount of speed at some point, was only flying maybe 100 miles an hour as some have postulated here, and it just started falling out of the sky? that can happen. if a plane gets that far off of where it ought to be flying essentially the air flow over the wings can separate from the wings. the pilot has very little control. and even at 32,000 feet this plane could plummet to the water in 45 seconds or less. and it would take a very ...
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