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Re:United Airlines 777 dives after departure by quickthrower2 on Sunday February 12, 2023 @03:34PM (#34766623)
That is true! I mentally calculated the feet per minute and compared it to some from crashes mentioned by him. About 1500 ft in 20s is 4500 ft/m so pretty steep but his reports I am sure have gone up to the 10000s.

I am interested in: did they stall? I guess FR had speed data so you could guess. Did they land at the destination or do an emergency landing somewhere?

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Re:United Airlines 777 dives after departure by pletnes on Sunday February 12, 2023 @03:42PM (#34766713)
There’s a chart of the speed - it’s around 250 knots so they’re going fast enough (source: personal MS flight simulator experience). The angle of attack is not shown, I think.
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Re:United Airlines 777 dives after departure by quickthrower2 on Sunday February 12, 2023 @04:02PM (#34766906)
I am super curious about this: big dive, probably not a stall (?) but either aircraft was airworth to carry on to destination OR at least the crew thought it was. So all the controls and systems should be working properly, engines working. I am guessing they saw something worth avoiding? Birds? UFO (literally ... not aliens)? Another plane?
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Re:United Airlines 777 dives after departure by foobarbecue on Sunday February 12, 2023 @03:59PM (#34766875)
The linked article says they landed at destination.
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