Originally Posted by
garpal gumnut
Witnesses say it fell out of the sky silently before hitting the sea with a crash.
Do aircraft crashing into the sea or land mass <10 mins after takeoff tend to do it silently?
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Witnesses are not quoted as saying that it ‘fell out of the sky silently’. The newspaper say that and then quotes the witness in relation to the noise and force of the crash and the ‘shock wave in the water’.
I see airliners all day and sometimes hear them, sometimes not, usually depending on wind direction. Because I dont hear them doesnt mean they are flying silently.