Oh dear god :/

[leggy]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3013911.stm

How awful

 

[mank!]

"Everybody was sucked out."

That's a nasty way to go :/

 

[dysfunction]

It is a terrible way to go

 

[ECA]

If I could pick a way to go I might pick that, at least your last few minutes would be the most exciting and terrifying of your life.

 

[JohnyWishbone]

Originally posted by ECA
If I could pick a way to go I might pick that, at least your last few minutes would be the most exciting and terrifying of your life.

your definately a "My cup is half full" type of guy arent you

P.S what an awful way to die, apparently its not the fall though, just the last couple of inches

 

[leggy]

Originally posted by ECA
If I could pick a way to go I might pick that, at least your last few minutes would be the most exciting and terrifying of your life.

minutes?

-35C with little or no oxygen = life expectancy of seconds

 

[ECA]

1. you can survive without oxygen for several minutes.
2. -35C wouldnt kill you that quick, you'd have a few minutes.

You'd probably black out before you hit the ground though.

 

[Tom]

Actually, they would have been blown out, not sucked

Poor people though

 

[Testin da Cable]

how awful

 

[Lester]

ECA thinks that being sucked out of a plane at 30,000 ft would be like falling off de_vertigo. :/

 

[ECA]

Originally posted by Lester
ECA thinks that being sucked out of a plane at 30,000 ft would be like falling off de_vertigo. :/

You die after dropping 20 metres.

Plus vertigo is shit

I'll be getting my coat.

 

[Durzel]

Originally posted by ECA
-35C wouldnt kill you that quick, you'd have a few minutes.

-35C would kill you very quickly, in normal clothing (which of course you'd be in)

 

[Tom]

The lack of oxygen would have u losing conciousness unless u were used to those heights (everest = 30 000 feet)

 

[Embattle]

My favourite is at 60,000 feet the boiling point of water drops to 36c and thus since your body has a temp of 36c this in turn means your blood would boil...nasty.

 

[leggy]

Originally posted by Embattle
My favourite is at 60,000 feet the boiling point of water drops to 36c and thus since your body has a temp of 36c this in turn means your blood would boil...nasty.

most planes cruise at 35,000 feet though.

:/

You're in outer space Emb

 

[Sir Frizz]

It doesn't make sense though, how can it drop to 36'C?

 

[leggy]

*Cue physics lecture*

Clue: Latent heat

 

[Sir Frizz]

It's late

 

[leggy]

Teh clue I gave was wrong anyway

 

[Sir Frizz]

Ya bast

 

[leggy]

It's all about vapour pressure ... dont ask me more because i'm pissed but a good rule is :

At sea level, the boiling point of water is 212 degrees F (100 degrees C). As a general rule, the temperature decreases by 1 degree F for every 540 feet of altitude (0.56 degrees C for every 165 meters)

 

[Embattle]

Originally posted by leggy
most planes cruise at 35,000 feet though.

:/

You're in outer space Emb

Oh I know that, just thought it was a interesting death

Oh and btw Concorde flys at 60,000