Re:Private Jet plane crashes in Florida
by sandworm101 on Monday November 02, 2026 @12:06PM
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But that isn't coffin corner. The "coffin" is a part of a flight envelope where departure results in near-certain horrible outcomes (ie too fast and wings fall off coupled with too slow and the resulting stall also rips the wings off). A lear or any other business jet is designed specifically to avoid any such things. It should stall, but not in any lethal way. And a lear is small enough that no storm should do things like rip bits off the aircraft. A thunderstorm will toss it around like a tennis ball in a washing machine, but wings/tails should not separate from the aircraft.
35,000 to 37,000 feet, combined with turbulence from the weather, means this could come into play. We still don't know and may not know for some time, especially given the severity of the impact and what may or may not have survived. But you can't rule it out.
[1]: https://aviationweek.com/business-aviation/learning-test-pil...