• Veedem@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Aren’t airdrops parachuted in? I’m not trying to be a dick, but people didn’t have time to move out of the way?

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        4 months ago

        If it’s what I imagine to be massive pallets of equipment, people could wrongly be under the impression that these drops will float down like feathers when in reality they’re like a low-speed automobile collision. So as they approach the ground their speed and drift may catch some off-guard.

        Additionally as the article points out, some drops have broken apart or their parachutes do not deploy.