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Interesting! There are ~2 starlink satellites re-entering the atmosphere _every day_ now - and this is only set to increase. I wonder if this was caused by starlink debris?
The starlink satellites are designed to burn up in the atmosphere. They do this pretty often. But there's plenty of other space junk that's not designed to burn up and should have shown up on radar.
Would the elevation of the airport matter (for air pressure on that cracked windshield)? Did they pick SLC because it's higher?
Two events each having a low probability is not the same thing as the events not happening. Despite our best efforts, folks still win the lottery, and you’re more likely to get struck by lightning than win the powerball jackpot. So while it can be extremely unlikely from a probability standpoint that this plane was stuck by space debris, and it can also be extremely unlikely that he saw it before it hit, it’s not a f…
> folks still win the lottery Yep, and: "In 1998, Bill Morgan, an Australian man from Melbourne was captured on film winning a AU$250,000 scratchcard while re-enacting his previous scratchcard win for a news report. The video of the event has since been widely shared online." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Morgan_lottery_win
"Morgan, a 37-year-old truck driver living in a caravan, was almost killed in a car crash which caused him to develop a heart condition. He then suffered an allergic reaction to the drug used to treat this condition, which triggered a fatal heart attack. He was declared clinically dead for 14 minutes and 38 seconds before being revived by paramedics. He subsequently lapsed into a coma for 12 days, during which his family were advised to turn off his life support. After being transferred to a different hospital, he woke up and made a full recovery."
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> folks still win the lottery Yep, and: "In 1998, Bill Morgan, an Australian man from Melbourne was captured on film winning a AU$250,000 scratchcard while re-enacting his previous scratchcard win for a news report. The video of the event has since been widely shared online." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Morgan_lottery_win
Wow, what a story. Especially with the background what happened to him before winning twice. "Morgan, a 37-year-old truck driver living in a caravan, was almost killed in a car crash which caused him to develop a heart condition. He then suffered an allergic reaction to the drug used to treat this condition, which triggered a fatal heart attack. He was declared clinically dead for 14 minutes and 38 seconds before bei…
Interesting! There are ~2 starlink satellites re-entering the atmosphere _every day_ now - and this is only set to increase. I wonder if this was caused by starlink debris?
The starlink satellites are designed to burn up in the atmosphere. They do this pretty often. But there's plenty of other space junk that's not designed to burn up and should have shown up on radar.
2) even if it did... rentry velocity is like miles per second, that would give you on the order of single digit seconds to recognize something on an intersecting trajectory and take action...
3) even then, I would bet that an object on this trajectory and speed would get filtered out as noise by aircraft radar because it is so antithetical to the types of things an airliner needs to inform pilots of.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wow, what a story. Especially with the background what happened to him before winning twice. "Morgan, a 37-year-old truck driver living in a caravan, was almost killed in a car crash which caused him to develop a heart condition. He then suffered an allergic reaction to the drug used to treat this condition, which triggered a fatal heart attack. He was declared clinically dead for 14 minutes and 38 seconds before bei…
He is living some combination of Final Destination and Lost.
Captain's arm was injured by debris, but no decompression? How did they get past the windshield? Also, those scratchs look days old. Not a drop of blood visible. Smells like fake news.
Captain's arm was injured by debris, but no decompression? How did they get past the windshield? Also, those scratchs look days old. Not a drop of blood visible. Smells like fake news.
* This looks relatively convincing.
https://avherald.com/h?article=52e80701
https://x.com/oeingoboeing/status/1979588783982133360
* They obviously would have cleaned up the wounds... this can be a few hours old , surface wounds build crusts quickly