ickplant@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agoIn the US, it's finally socially acceptable again to clap when the plane landsmessage-squaremessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1583arrow-down119
arrow-up1564arrow-down1message-squareIn the US, it's finally socially acceptable again to clap when the plane landsickplant@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-squaregoldteeth@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up60·3 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-squareTheRealKuni@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day 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-squarekonalt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 days agoThe philosophical musings of the Plane of Theseus
minus-squareDreamButt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoIs a plane greater than the sum of its parts
minus-squarenaught101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoIs a Boeing that lands with missing parts still a plane?
minus-squareArcher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoThat sounds problematic, engineering-wise
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