Originally Posted by
Escape Path
How on earth did someone calculate a descent rate of over 30000 fpm? That's ~550 kph, vertically. Hardly a believable figure...
Well, for an airplane whcih cruises at approximately 900 kph, a descent rate of 550 kph is not outside the realm of possibility. Note that I am not saying that this is what happened, or that it was calculated correctly, just that if the question is: Is it physically possible for a 737 to have a descent rate of 30,000 fpm? The answer is yes.