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Q&A: Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 passengers likely would have died if blowout occurred above 40,000 feet, says physicist
Many observers noted that, were the explosion to have occurred at a typical cruising altitude of between 33,000 and 40,000 feet, it could have been potentially deadly for those on board.
Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787’s windscreen cracks at 40K feet, forcing terrified crew to reroute San Francisco-bound flight
It wasn’t clear what caused the damage during the May flight. The plane was at 40,000 feet altitude, somewhere between ...