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Re:Missiles Are Now the Biggest Killer of Airline Passengers by red-iron-pine on Friday December 27, 2024 @10:11AM (#42522681)
put another way, your average seagull ain't cruising at 10000 feet @ 600 mph
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Re:Missiles Are Now the Biggest Killer of Airline Passengers by CoastalCoder on Friday December 27, 2024 @10:31AM (#42522912)
If you've ever dropped a French fry at the beach, you know that's not true.
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Re:Missiles Are Now the Biggest Killer of Airline Passengers by CPLX on Friday December 27, 2024 @10:28AM (#42522876)
A flock of migratory birds could very easily be cruising at that height, and if in a fast moving jetstream or similar could be moving at hundreds of miles an hour when referenced to a ground based source.
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Re:Missiles Are Now the Biggest Killer of Airline Passengers by lostlogin on Friday December 27, 2024 @12:15PM (#42523957)
That came as news to me. Some fly at 11200m/37,000 feet.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_by_flight_heig...

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