After plane or space craft crashes, what happens to the bodies? Do they implode because of the pressure? In plane crashes, clothes and pieces of the aircraft are found, but no bodies.
After the challenger explosion there weren’t any bodies either.
What happens to them?
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I am under the impression of “no bodies”, because:
A. They never go into detail about bodies (yes it’s morbid, but it’s also an unanswered question….hence why I’m here) on the news/documentaries, only about the vehicle and crash site information.
B. I do not understand force and the fragility of the human body on that scale, —which is funny because I have been in a life altering car accident so I do have *some* understanding of how damaging very high speeds in heavy machinery can be. You’re crushed like bugs, basically. Just needed some eli5 to confirm it with more dangerous transport options.
Nonetheless, I have learned a great deal from you all, thank you💙
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Returning from orbit, spacecrafts and the bodies inside are traveling over 17,000 mph.
The air that slows them down also heats up the craft. If the craft breaks apart in mid air, the bodies are cooked until they hit the ground. The force of the wind at thousands of mph will also rip the body apart.
If the craft does not break apart, and depending on the entry angle, it might slam into the ground at 200-700 mph depending on the shape of the object. The parts of the body will still be in the craft, but no longer together.
At least it’s not a slow death like cancer…
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