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Originally posted by Slap Nuts
A well timed coincidence!
Originally posted by vor75
Or could it be the sonic boom from 175's explosion?
Originally posted by Griff
I would agree with you except wouldn't these pressurized waves also affect any other broken window? I mean if this "squib" as you call it (I don't think it's anything as such) came because of pressurized air either going in or out, then wouldn't all other open windows experience this pressurized air?
Originally posted by bsbray11So you're saying that the 767 was traveling faster than the speed of sound?
The man also fails to appear from that window anymore to wave for help, so we can assume whatever happened at least seriously injured him. How would a pressure wave seriously injure or kill someone so as to prevent them from continuing to simply wave a shirt in the air?
Originally posted by vor75
Originally posted by bsbray11So you're saying that the 767 was traveling faster than the speed of sound?
No - I am saying the massive explosion probably generated a shock wave (aka sonic boom, percussion wave, aerial shock ... etc).
That's quite an assumption from that distal a vantage point. How do you know he didn't just duck for a few seconds?
Originally posted by vor75
That's quite an assumption from that distal a vantage point. How do you know he didn't just duck for a few seconds?
Originally posted by GriffIf it was a shock wave, wouldn't the main smoke coming from the impact zone also show some kind of displacement?
Originally posted by bsbray11I'm not sure what kind of shock waves would be produced, but there sure as hell wouldn't have been a "sonic boom" unless the plane broke the speed of sound. That's all I'm pointing out.
Have you seen something I haven't? I've seen a longer clip of this and the man doesn't get back up.
Originally posted by vor75
"Sonic boom" is another term for a shock wave ... or at least a shock wave that is heard. It's not exclusive to the noise an aircraft travelling faster than sound makes.
As an object moves through the air it creates a series of pressure waves in front of it and behind it, similar to the bow and stern waves created by a boat. These waves travel at the speed of sound, and as the speed of the aircraft increases the waves are forced together or 'compressed' because they cannot "get out of the way" of each other, eventually merging into a single shock wave at the speed of sound.
What does that mean, though?