The wings on aircraft double as a fuel tank. Being as the plane was bound for California and only flew for an hour the tanks were full. Soon as they impacted a solid object they would very quickly break and burn all the jet fuel.
As for fire not being able to collapse a building, no it wouldnt by itself. Unless that fire is being fed by burning jet fuel at nearly 1800*F. Not to mention the major design flaw of the WTC towers. It was build as a hollow tube. The only support colums on the inside where located around the many elevator shafts.
exactly, and when the plane hit the building it crashed into the elevator shafts and broke the hollow tube. Jet fuel then ran down the tube and ignited burning the support of the entire building.
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"I'm like a dog chasing cars." - Joker, Dark Knight
Us buildings must withstand a fire of 540*C a little over 1,000*F well under what jet fuel burns at. The jet fuel burns nearly hot enough to melt some steel alloys which the lowest of which melts at 2,000*F. That is melting if anyone has seen metal in a fire it bends far before it melts.
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If you ever meet a hafling and a hungry dragon you dont have to outrun the dragon, you only have to outrun the hafling.
Exactly, metal would "droop" and become soft during a fire. Maybe not melt but become softer almost like a laffy taffy substance i guess. So if the metal becomes soft and you have several thousand tons of weight being supported by it, then of course the building will probably collapse.
Another thing, the U.S. has probably tried to fake attacks and stuff in the past. However, I don't think that the U.S. would fake a terrorist attack and kill several thousand of their own people.
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"I'm like a dog chasing cars." - Joker, Dark Knight
Another thing, the U.S. has probably tried to fake attacks and stuff in the past. However, I don't think that the U.S. would fake a terrorist attack and kill several thousand of their own people.
Now that is definately a matter or risk versus reward. I definately think they could do it, however, the chance of them getting away with it without anyone squeling in the end appears to be so frantically small that it's simply not going to happen.
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The first part regarding killing the kid is slightly ignorant, but otherwise the whole thing has good points. I'm looking through the "point-by- point" rebuttal now.
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exactly, and when the plane hit the building it crashed into the elevator shafts and broke the hollow tube. Jet fuel then ran down the tube and ignited burning the support of the entire building.
Another thing, the U.S. has probably tried to fake attacks and stuff in the past. However, I don't think that the U.S. would fake a terrorist attack and kill several thousand of their own people.
It really doesn't look like it.
Dammit...I actually forgot about that.