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Originally Posted by Kerplunk
Pretty much correct. Objects in motion tend to stay in motion until acted on by something else. In this case the people and the plane are moving in the same direction at the same speed. If the plane changes direction (goes down) and a person is not attached to it, the person will still be going the same direction and speed as before...until the top of the plane meets their head.
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That makes no sense. The only think keeping you from accelerating towards the earth when flying is the force that the seat puts on your but and the floor puts on your feet. Remove the force from the seat and floor, and you fall at the same rate as any object (neglecting air resistance). Something must happen to pull the plane down, it can't be just falling. If it was just falling (say it stalls or something) you'd just fall with it. You don't fly off the seat of the drop of doom.