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Apr 2, 2011, 11:35 am

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tusphotog

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Originally Posted by enviroian

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Originally Posted by boycruz

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/S.../KNYL/tracklog

3 minutes to go from flight level to 10,000 quick

So what I'm reading is they descended 17,000 feet in a 1 minute time frame (at 6.59 pm)?

Flightaware is probably incorrect there. They can drop the plane quick, but not that quick. It's not an uncontrolled dive like people on the news are making it out to be. Throw the spoilers up and down you go. Probably took 3 min to get under 15,000 feet.

People were texting I'm sure after the plane got down low. It's easier to get a cell signal at 11,000 than 30,000 feet.

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