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marie s asked in TravelAir Travel · 1 decade ago

If you could dive from airplane?

and land in water with perfect dive, what would be the outcome?

Update:

That's what I figured but wasn't sure.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    with that altitude, you will be a free falling body with an acceleration of 9.8 meters/second2 and diving would give you an initial velocity so by the time you hit the water, your body would most probably be torn into very small pieces due to the very fast speed. The parachute increases air resistance so the acceleration is blocked and the speed is decreased.

  • Mike
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    You would be dead instantly.

    Hitting water a high velocity from a high height (hence the high velocity) is like diving into 15 foot pool... with no water in it.

    Pretty sure the flight attendants and/or other passengers would prevent you from jumping out of your next American Airlines flight...

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Death. Hitting the water at that high velocity is like hitting concrete.

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