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Old 05-24-2006
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Originally posted by 4815162342
a reason y it broke apart was cuz a magnet finds and pulls on higher density metal like the Tail section
I never thought of it that way, but it makes sense. I don't know much about magnets, but maybe the reason they survived the crash was because the magnetic poles sort of 'flipped' for a short period, temporarily repelling the plane and, hence, allowing the crash to occur at a far slower speed.
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