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B-52 bomber crashed at more than a kilometre per minute at US Air Force base (www.abc.net.au)

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[–] BigTuffAl@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Look out! We're approaching speeds not seen since the interstate!

[–] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

That was just their vertical speed at the time of impact. In normal flight, it's usually zero or close to it. This thing was falling fast, possibly faster than just a freefall.