A video showing a passenger tracking the speed of an airplane in real time using a smartphone app during takeoff has gone viral on TikTok.
The video was posted by @bevis999 and has amassed over 5.3 million views since it was first shared on August 20. The passenger used the Speedometer app to live-track the speed as the aircraft took off from London’s Stansted Airport.
The caption on the video posed a question: “What speed does an airplane do for takeoff?”
The video begins with a hand holding up a mobile phone, which displays the plane’s speed in miles per hour. The plane starts at around seven mph as it taxis on the runway, then the speed quickly escalates into the double digits. As the aircraft picks up speed, the numbers climb steadily, soon surpassing 100 mph. At one point, the speed reaches approximately 140 mph while the plane is still on the ground.
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