I have been reading the News Report on Air Canada Flight AC549 and the 'Terror Dive' that they all seem to be reporting - but having looked at the math, something appears incorrect, either the math is incorrect or the Media Companies are making a Mountain out of a Mole Hill.
The reports state this 'Terror Dive' as a drop from FL340 to FL100 in 5 minutes - now by my calculation, yes, a 24,000ft drop due to a Cabin Pressure Issue, however, the media state this took 5 minutes...
Now, when I went to school, there was 5280ft in a mile, so a distance of 4.54 miles - at that rate, the aircraft was only travelling at around 45mph... I would have panicked as well at that speed as it meant it would have stalled long before and likely to have been in an uncontrollable dive..????
After all, if you drive at 60mph, you travel 1 mile per minute and 5 minutes would be 5 miles or 26,400ft
Now, if they mean nmi, there are 6076ft, so a drop of 24,000ft would be only 3.94 miles... or around 39mph... really starting to panic now
So, can anyone explain this? Are the press making a mountain out of a mole hill or am I missing something here?
The reports state this 'Terror Dive' as a drop from FL340 to FL100 in 5 minutes - now by my calculation, yes, a 24,000ft drop due to a Cabin Pressure Issue, however, the media state this took 5 minutes...
Now, when I went to school, there was 5280ft in a mile, so a distance of 4.54 miles - at that rate, the aircraft was only travelling at around 45mph... I would have panicked as well at that speed as it meant it would have stalled long before and likely to have been in an uncontrollable dive..????
After all, if you drive at 60mph, you travel 1 mile per minute and 5 minutes would be 5 miles or 26,400ft
Now, if they mean nmi, there are 6076ft, so a drop of 24,000ft would be only 3.94 miles... or around 39mph... really starting to panic now
So, can anyone explain this? Are the press making a mountain out of a mole hill or am I missing something here?