The private jet that went down near Crest Haven, Florida, just miles from Mar-a-Lago, had nine people on board.
That was a lot faster than terminal speed. So the engines were accelerating into a nearly straight down fall. That also explains the crater. They were essentially acting as a missile.
They flew into a storm and something went wrong at 37,000 feet.Probably an icing issue. The pilot reported descending at 22,000 feet per minute before they hit the ground.
Computing it with the transponder data and some ballistic trajectory math, it is very close to the speed of sound.
That person in the white car must be having a hell of a day after that and will need therapy to drive again.
It was amazing how she was still able to report her speed even one she realized she was going to die.
It takes 100-300 milliseconds for sensory signals to be sent to and processed by your brain.
At the impact speed of 675mph, that airplane was traveling approximately 100 feet per 100ms.
The people in the cockpit hit the ground and died a fraction of a second before they would’ve been able to perceive it, so from their point of view it would’ve just cut to black a few hundred feet before impact.
Doesn’t change the fact that the last 30 seconds were composed of the worst fear imaginable.
So icing was the culprit, flew through a rain cloud, it was too cold, the ice froze, locking it into a nosedive.
I'd imagine de-icing procedures aren't common in PRIVATE Jets going to the Bahamas for Vacation.