For 16 Seconds They Didn't Know They Were Already Dead - Video

June 8 1966. Edwards Air Force Base.
A mid-air collision decapitated both vertical stabilizers off the XB-70 Valkyrie.
For 16 seconds the aircraft flew perfectly straight.
The pilots felt nothing. Heard nothing.
They were already dead — the plane just hadn't realized it yet.
The most haunting 16 seconds in aviation history.
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