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Old 5th August 2011 | 23:01
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xcitation
 
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Originally Posted by katie2931
Hi. This may seem like a rather simple question from a normal girl interested in all thing aviation after lots of flying over the globe... so forgive me but why did the pilots not actually 'feel' they were descending rapidly? would it not be obvious that they were stalled and falling out of the sky? No g forces?? Thankyou
What makes you think they weren't feeling the rapid descent?
Commercial pilots are trained to fly by instruments and not to obey their perceived motion. In zero visibility it is even more dangerous.
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