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Old Feb 7, 2007 | 8:49 am
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chornedsnorkack
 
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Originally Posted by USDHS1984
Real supersonic (airspeed, not ground speed) has been done before in a 747. Coincidentally, also on the TPE-LAX route.
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=0067630&size=M

Glad I wasn't on that flight.
Scary, but funnily with very little harm done!

It is not known how many g-s the plane and passengers suffered, because the acceleration broke the acceleration sensors for the black box, but it was more than 5 g.

Out of over 270 passengers and crew, only two were injured - one crew and one passengers. Everyone else was completely unscathed.
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