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How would triangulation of that small of an item be done?
by cellis 3y ago
How would triangulation of that small of an item be done?
- throw_away_584 3y agoThey drop another door from the same place, this time with an airtag taped to it
- Dah00n 3y agoPoor people who get a second door in the head.
- SoftTalker 3y agoThey'll know from flight data recorder the exact time the decompression occurred. They'll know where and at what altitude the airplane was in the sky at that time and in which direction and speed it was moving. It's nearly a high school physics problem at that point to calculate where the door landed.
- tavavex 3y agoEh, considering wind speed and direction (and its differences at different altitudes), varying pressure and inherent aerodynamic properties of the door plug itself, it's hardly a high school problem. They'll find a decent estimate, but they'll have to search some area unless a person on the ground finds it first.
- SoftTalker 3y agoI agree, it's not a point mass falling in a vacuum. But they'll have a ballpark idea (probably within a few square miles) of where it is.
- cratermoon 3y agoApparently there's "radar data" indicating location. <https://www.opb.org/article/2024/01/06/alaska-airlines-737-lands-safely-after-a-window-blows-out-3-miles-over-oregon/ https://www.opb.org/article/2024/01/06/alaska-airlines-737-l...>