• MBech@feddit.dk
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    8 days ago

    Passenger planes are mostly aluminium. It’s not likely to “disintegrate” all that much anytime soon. Also, a bunch of MH370 already washed up on the shores of Africa.

    • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
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      8 days ago

      When I say disintegrated I meant it in more of as it’s root, not atomized but reduced to a basic level from its whole. Bits and pieces washing up in Africa is about what I’d expect but I doubt theres much more that a couple shredded chunks of the main body. Aluminum can break down pretty thoroughly under the right forces, speed and surface tension would be more than enough IMO.

      Remember we’re still finding WW2 era ships that we know roughly where they were when they sank and those are massive behemoths an aluminum scrap heap would be easily missed in comparison.