Sharp_Building3453 t1_itty2e0 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL that flight recorders must be able to withstand an acceleration of 3400 g for 6.5 milliseconds and that this is roughly equivalent to an impact velocity of 270 knots (310 mph; 500 km/h). by IchBinKoloss
But if you came to a full stop in the jet stream then your air speed would then be negative, so the resulting math is the same.
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