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wwonka105 t1_its8n04 wrote

Reply to comment by DrLongIsland in TIL that flight recorders must be able to withstand an acceleration of 3400 g for 6.5 milliseconds and that this is roughly equivalent to an impact velocity of 270 knots (310 mph; 500 km/h). by IchBinKoloss

Yep. A plane built to those specs would not leave the ground.

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