64
90 km/h, for those who use metric in sane ways
Or around 150,000 furlongs per fortnight
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
That is correct. But the headline also says "more than", making it even more useless.
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.
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.
Wtf abc. Australia uses metric, we shouldn't have any issues using metric...
What’s that in fast food drive-through lengths?
So basically a suicide crash…
Oh I get it: you mean 1.5km per minute. Easy mistake to make.
- ✅knots (marine)
- ✅m/s (SI)
- ✅km/h (common usage)
- ✅mi/h (murica)
- ❌km/s
Damn, I thought it was one crash per minute in a 1km radius. I'm stupid af.
Bouncing bomber!
Look out! We're approaching speeds not seen since the interstate!
That was just their vertical speed at the time of impact. In normal flight, it's usually zero or close to it. This thing was falling fast, possibly faster than just a freefall.
Article is written confusingly as the author does not seem to understand that the speed quoted, ~1500m/min, is the descent rate and does not include airspeed.
The plane's actual impact velocity was certainly much higher than that.
I guess AI has replaced journalists already. That escalated quickly.
I miss the good ol days when we used to use proper Rods and wear an onion on our belt, which was the style at the time.
At American, I’m getting really tired of rooting for the opposition
Because?
this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2026
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