@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 days agoIn the US, it's finally socially acceptable again to clap when the plane landsmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1576
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink58•2 days agoI would argue that the one that exploded over DC last month had almost certainly ceased to be a plane by the time it hit the ground.
minus-squareTheRealKunilinkfedilinkEnglish1•14 hours agoIf you watch the more recent footage you can clearly see most of the plane slowly cartwheeling through the sky into the water. It was still mostly a plane.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 day agoIs a Boeing that lands with missing parts still a plane?
I would argue that the one that exploded over DC last month had almost certainly ceased to be a plane by the time it hit the ground.
If you watch the more recent footage you can clearly see most of the plane slowly cartwheeling through the sky into the water. It was still mostly a plane.
Concepts of a plane
The philosophical musings of the Plane of Theseus
Is a plane greater than the sum of its parts
Planely not.
Is a Boeing that lands with missing parts still a plane?
That sounds problematic, engineering-wise