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Old 7th Aug 2016, 23:40
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Some minor numerical corrections:

Originally Posted by Derfred
Then it can't have been travelling much faster than 120kt ground speed (which is 3000m per minute, or 50m per second).
Actually, 120 knots is a little over 60 meters per second, that two to one rule of thumb comes in handy when you fly to places like China with the wind speeds in meters.

It impacted the ground near the far end of a 4500m runway...
Runway 12L at Dubai is 4300m long with 3600m usable past the displaced threshold and 3285m beyond the glide slope.
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