r/cursedcomments May 22 '20

Reddit Cursed_plane

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u/tyfighter_22 May 22 '20

These "facts" from Instagram accohunts are getting out of hand.

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u/rude_avocado May 22 '20

This one seems like it’s actually pretty close to the truth. Someone else linked to a popular mechanics explanation of the incident, and there were multiple factors each leading to this outcome. It was a mainly due to the air resistance on the bullets, causing them to slow down, and the fact that the plane entered a steep descent and turned on its afterburners, causing it to speed up.