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[-] Lysergid@lemmy.ml 70 points 3 weeks ago

90 km/h, for those who use metric in sane ways

[-] icerunner_origin@startrek.website 35 points 3 weeks ago

Or around 150,000 furlongs per fortnight

[-] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 25 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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

[-] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago

That is correct. But the headline also says "more than", making it even more useless.

[-] lividweasel@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

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.

[-] cynar@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

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.

[-] CameronDev@programming.dev 13 points 3 weeks ago

Wtf abc. Australia uses metric, we shouldn't have any issues using metric...

[-] BonsaiBoo@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

What’s that in fast food drive-through lengths?

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

For an aircraft with a typical airspeed of, what, 500 km/h?

[-] dellish@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Oh I get it: you mean 1.5km per minute. Easy mistake to make.

[-] alapakala@quokk.au 2 points 3 weeks ago

So basically a suicide crash…

[-] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 points 3 weeks ago

Soldier of conscience.

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