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Originally Posted by Nonstop24/7
The poor souls onboard sure had a long ride down.
check out this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaQzMv89eeo
17-JUL-2014 - Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER accident
A Boeing 777-200 passenger plane, operating Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, crashed in the Ukraine, east of Donetsk. All 298 on board are feared dead. The Ukraine Interior Ministry Adviser stated that the airplane was shot down. Flight MH17 departed the gate at Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport, the Netherlands at 12:14 hours local time, bound for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was airborne at 12:30 (10:30 UTC) from runway 36C and reached a cruising altitude of FL310 at 12:53 (10:53 UTC). Ninety minutes into the flight, at 12:01 UTC and just prior to entering Ukrainian airspace, the flight climbed to FL330. This altitude was maintained until last contact by ADS-B receivers of flight tracking websites, about 13:19 UTC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaQzMv89eeo |
The videos are of the AN-30 shot down on 14 July, not Malaysian Air MH-17.
Time of useful consciousness is very brief at that altitude. Most were probably out long before impact.
The fragmentation of the warhead likely shredded the engine, wing (causing the fuel leak and fire), and vented the fuselage in hundreds of places.
TR
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