4: in the cabin of a jetliner that cruises at 600 km/h, a pillow drops from an overhead rack. does a passenger walking down the aisle have to worry about the pillow slamming into her and knocking her over? explain

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Isiah Morales

9 October, 08:10

4: in the cabin of a jetliner that cruises at 600 km/h, a pillow drops from an overhead rack. does a passenger walking down the aisle have to worry about the pillow slamming into her and knocking her over? explain

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Kolby Franco · Answer 1

I think it does matter because when the pillow is in contact to the cabin it is also at a velocity of 600 km/h, but as soon as it leaves the contact of the cabin, inertia tries to slow it down and the passenger being at 600 km/h has a risk of getting hit by it.