To: Brumar89 who wrote (10344 ) 12/24/2001 11:29:11 AM From: GUSTAVE JAEGER Read Replies (4) | Respond to Re: What made the 9/11 plane crashes so terribly destructive was that they were fully fueled for a cross-country flight - the burning fuel is what melted the structural supports at the WTC and caused the collapse, remember? An international flight coming into the US would have burned up much of it's fuel load, therefore wouldn't be as destructive when crashed. "An international flight coming into the US would have burned up much of its fuel load..." , I was hinting at a Frankfurt-Chicago flight... or Paris-LA, if you prefer: in these cases, as the jetliner is approaching the US's North/East border, there's STILL ENOUGH FUEL TO CROSS THE US to reach its destination (either Chicago or LA).Then there is the attendance at flight schools - unnecessary for normal hijackers as they can use the airplane's pilots to fly wherever they want - hijackers only need flight training if they are planning on doing something a real pilot would NEVER do - like fly into a building. WITHOUT FIREARMS!! That way there was just nothing for airport security to prevent them from getting on board... However, it changes the hijack's modus operandi into a whole'nother ball game. Indeed, how do you force both the pilot and the co-pilot to obey your orders if you don't scare them in the first place?
