An airplane flies thanks to its wings that generate lift, its engines that push it forward, and a pilot who keeps everything balanced and on the right path. It’s like a magical balancing act that allows a heavy metal pipe to soar through the sky! Scientifically, for a plane to stay afloat in the air, it must keep moving.
There is a video going viral that shows a plane apparently stationary while in the air, which is scientifically impossible. The video shocked people on the Internet for obvious reasons.
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- What happened in the video that shows a plane suspended in the air?
- Where was the plane trapped?
- When has it happened before?
- Why is it impossible for a plane to stop in the air?
- How did people react to the viral video?
What happened in the video that shows a plane suspended in the air?
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A strange video of a plane frozen in mid-air has left social media users stunned. It is scientifically impossible for an aerial vehicle to come to a complete stop in mid-flight. It’s simple physics: a plane in flight must keep moving forward to stay in the air.
If the plane stopped, it would soon lose altitude and plummet toward the ground, eventually crashing. As a result, the strange clip has sparked heated debate about X. The person carrying the camera in the video moves adjacently on another plane while capturing the plane that appears to be stuck.
Where was the plane trapped?
The plane was stuck in mid-air on a bridge over a body of water, the exact location of the video is still unknown.
“Today I saw a plane stop in the air and they still think physics is real,” one X user commented while posting the video online. In particular, the plane appears to be stopped in the air until the end of the video.
“Many ‘physics geeks’ pretend they’ve never dropped a pound of bricks and a pound of feathers at the same time and refute Newtonian physics at home,” the user continued in a later post. “I had no idea that the great physicist had so many accomplices,” he concluded.
When has it happened before?
Another video went viral earlier showing a plane stopped in the air. In the video, which was first posted on TikTok by @jenniferireneotto, people can be seen standing on the street, pointing their phones in the air. When the person filming looks up, she sees a small plane pulling a flag that is stuck in the sky, as if its journey has stopped.
Why is it impossible for a plane to stop in the air?
An airplane flies using a combination of aerodynamic principles, engine propulsion, and control systems. The most critical component is the wing. Aircraft wings are designed with a special shape of airfoil, which is curved at the top and flatter at the bottom. This shape generates lift as air flows over and under the wing.
Planes can’t really stop in the air as if they were frozen in time. In the context of the laws of physics and aerodynamics, an airplane must continue moving forward to maintain lift and stay airborne. If a plane were to stop in mid-air, it would quickly lose altitude and eventually crash to the ground because no lift would be generated to counteract gravity.
How did people react to the viral video?
Many people were intrigued by the video’s move as soon as it appeared online. Many others wondered how the plane floated, and some speculated that there must be an explanation, assuming it was an optical illusion or an effect caused by the camera angle.
Then there were those who explained why the plane did not seem to move. “The video was taken from an adjacent plane,” one person said. To improve efficiency, ATC (Air Traffic Control) matches planes flying at the same speed. Then both planes simply travel at the same speed near each other. That’s all.” Watch the video here.
I saw a plane stop in the air today and they still think physics is real. pic.twitter.com/ZHS4yrmvAN
– Will Manidis (@WillManidis) October 13, 2023
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