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To: TobagoJack who wrote (18133)	4/12/2002 11:03:41 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Hey, you saw a photo of plane debris. What do you think happens to a Boeing 757 when it hits a building composed of 435,000 cubic yards of concrete and 5.5 million cubic yards of earth?

To: TobagoJack who wrote (18133)	4/12/2002 11:09:08 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

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To: TobagoJack who wrote (18133)	4/13/2002 11:41:11 AM
From: AC Flyer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

Jay: You're a smart guy, but you don't seem too grounded in reality on this one. There was no plane - and no bodies - after the impact because the kinetic energy released when a loaded 757 hits a one and a half foot thick reinforced concrete and steel wall at 350 mph smashes the entire aircraft into very small fragments. The entire fuselage and all its contents are converted into fragments no larger than a human hand. The wings would be rendered likewise, with the exception of the engines, which contain enough concentrated mass - principally the central shafts and the compressor and turbine discs - to remain relatively intact. These punched through the walls and disappeared inside the buildings. The only parts likely to remain somewhat intact are the extremeties of the wings and the vertical and horizontal stabilizers. The fragments that wound up inside the Pentagon were then incinerated by a jet-fuel fire which is hot enough to melt aircraft aluminum and convert all human remains, with the possible exception of teeth, into charcoal. You're doing a disservice to the people who died on that plane. Leave the conspiracy theories to the real lunatics.