Re:What really happened aboard Air France 447
by jrockway on Thursday December 08, 2011 @10:58AM
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffin_corner_%28aviation%29
(Perhaps a better explanation than the article: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:CoffinCorner.png)
And to answer your question about wind gusts: yes. That is why you don't fly into thunderstorms.
> The margin between stall and overspeed is something like 20 knots at that altitude.
Whaaa? I thought aircraft have a much wider margin.
How does it change with altitude?
If the margin is so low, then wouldn't a sudden wind gust simply knock the plane off the sky?