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Old 15th Jun 2010, 12:07
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HazelNuts39
 
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Buffet margins

(DingDong) Ladies and gentlemen, your captain speaking:
We have just arrived at our cruise altitude of 35,000 feet, popularly known as "the coffin corner"'. Enjoy your flight with XYZ Airlines ...

EDIT:: Just to put Martin Alder's remark in the BBC documentary into perspective: in this case as shown in the graphic, the 'coffin corner' is actually 102 kt wide: from M=0,58/192 ktCAS to M=0,86/294 ktCAS.

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