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In reply to the discussion: 9/11 Conspiracy Solved - Names, Connections, & Details Exposed... [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)7. And one of them died in the collapse.
Also, the scenario envisioned by the builders was a 707 on one engine, failing to reach the airport. The reality of it was a 767-223ER fully loaded, and at full military thrust, traveling beyond VNE.
The scenarios are not comparable on velocity alone, let alone mass and materials.
Edit: Also, as the building designers envisioned, the buildings withstood the 7.7 million foot-tons of torque on impact, it was the fires that brought the buildings down, not the impacts. The destroyed support columns only shortened the amount of time required for the fires to bring it down, by reducing the carrying capacity of the supports from the outset.
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Bullshit. Both towers were ALREADY under construction when the first prototype 747 took to the sky.
AtheistCrusader
Jul 2013
#10
And like most capitalists, they said whatever the hell they wanted to get something built.
AtheistCrusader
Oct 2013
#14
John Skilling, Leslie Robertson's boss, said the towers would survive the fires
Ace Acme
Oct 2013
#15
If you actually read the link/google book I provided, on the pages I specified you would find that
AtheistCrusader
Oct 2013
#16
The full quote from Skilling, plus more background context is on the page I specified in the book.
AtheistCrusader
Oct 2013
#20
Oh yes, Skilling is going to admit in 1993 that he lied about the buildings when getting the plans
AtheistCrusader
Oct 2013
#23
You don't know the difference between an "allegation" and a qualified "observation" nt
Ace Acme
Oct 2013
#34
Knowing the melting point of steel, he had to know it would be controversial. nt
Ace Acme
Oct 2013
#42
He would know from his access to experts that fires can't produce those temperatures
Ace Acme
Oct 2013
#44