Unhurt after a crash/landing at Mach 2.5

It was a silly hypothetical and there was no turning back time now.

“Explosives loaded. Surface targeting speed: Mach 2.5!!”

“Misaka-san, you’re pure deep down, but you can do some dangerous things. Mach 2.5 is for taking careful aim!?"

***
And soon thereafter, they arrived at the moment Misaka Tabigake had witnessed.

They crashed into something in midair.

Mikoto’s vision spun wildly around and she lost her balance.

The A.A.A. stalled and she lost control.

“What in the-…!? Did I hit a bird!? No, that was no bird!”

“Wait, what, Misaka-saaaan!? Does this thing have any kind of safe ejection ability!?”

Mikoto was too preoccupied to answer that question from the lumps of excess fat. The A.A.A. was not shaped like a proper airplane, so it was fragile once it lost its balance. It may have been designed to provide one-hit kills and thus no thought was given to what happened if it was hit. Even as they were swallowed up by the darkness of London, Misaka Mikoto still could not believe what she had just seen.
***

Misaka Mikoto and Shokuhou Misaki had crash landed in London.

They ended up a good distance away because they had used a shallower angle to reduce the damage as much as possible instead of just plowing into the ground like a meteor. The English signs said they were even further north than Primrose Hill. They were just about in Outer London.

- New Testament Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 21 Chapter 2 Part 3, Chapter 3 Part 8