Curtains of Lament:
I gotta say, debris over a mile away doesn't really shock me. I've seen cars hitting guardrails at 120 send the battery 500feet, so given how fast a plane is going... the physics could probably work. Of course, I don't have a degree in physics, nor do I claim to. Just speculating. (and no, it wasn't my car, it was the "incredibly smart individual" who hit me) (oh and the battery, that is like strapped in, that thingy does not have suicide doors, it is supposed to stay in the car, right, right).
And Sean, you are *SO* wrong. This is silly stuff:
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