PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Malaysian Airlines MH370 contact lost
View Single Post
Old 25th Apr 2014, 03:41
  #10153 (permalink)  
misd-agin
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: US
Posts: 2,205
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Power doesn't matter that much. Stall would be close to 100-105 KIAS.

Turn into the wind and ground speed (GS) would be 90-95 kts or less. Very survivable(see Ethiopian 767 hijack/ditching video which was at a much higher speed)

IMO if the plane had ditched, with empty tanks, it might have floated for hours. USAIR Hudson landing as an example.

But this is for a controlled ditching. There is no indication that this occurred.

Last edited by misd-agin; 25th Apr 2014 at 03:42. Reason: ground speed (GS)
misd-agin is offline