bombayblue t1_ivu79wt wrote on November 10, 2022 at 5:18 PM

Reply to comment by PurpEL in TIL In 1983, Air Force One (with Reagan aboard) landed six minutes before a microburst slammed into the ground at Andrews Air Force Base, causing wind speeds to hit 149 mph. At the time, that was the fastest wind speed ever measured by an anemometer. by theotherbogart

The Soviets actually had their entire naval command die in a plane crash around the same time. There were so many wild conspiracy theories even the CIA thought there was going to be a coup.

Nope turns out the admirals loaded up an airplane with too much furniture for their wives and mistresses.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Pushkin_Tu-104_crash

ash_274 t1_ivvu3pa wrote on November 10, 2022 at 11:56 PM

Might have been the improperly stored giant rolls of paper that broke loose and shifted to the back on takeoff, but the loading of the plane was mostly goods the admirals were bringing back home from foreign trade