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In reply to the discussion: Martin Sheen: 9/11 Questions 'Unanswered,' Building 7 'Very Suspicious' [View all]cpwm17
(3,829 posts)55. Given your response in post #41
http://www.democraticunderground.com/11353912#post41
you're a very poor judge on what the debris field should look like.
Most of the mass of the plane entered the building where the more solid, fire resistant parts were recovered. The wings are hollow and relatively light weight. They would have almost complete disintegrated against the solid wall of the building. A large number of mostly small aircraft parts were scattered around the outside of the building.
Many witnesses also watched the aircraft impact the Pentagon.
you're a very poor judge on what the debris field should look like.
Most of the mass of the plane entered the building where the more solid, fire resistant parts were recovered. The wings are hollow and relatively light weight. They would have almost complete disintegrated against the solid wall of the building. A large number of mostly small aircraft parts were scattered around the outside of the building.
Many witnesses also watched the aircraft impact the Pentagon.
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Martin Sheen: 9/11 Questions 'Unanswered,' Building 7 'Very Suspicious' [View all]
Little Star
Nov 2012
OP
There seems to be quite an obvious discrepancy between "no-planer" claims and reality
William Seger
Feb 2013
#14
I don't need an expert to tell me that a Boeing 757 can't convert into a 20 in alluminium piece.
ocpagu
Feb 2013
#41
Didn't a turbofan powered plane go over 750 mph at less than 1000 feet back in the 1950's?
Make7
Feb 2013
#76
"Please understand that you're not the first person to have raised this poorly-supported claim"
ocpagu
Feb 2013
#70
Your inability to figure out what happened to the plane doesn't prove anything
William Seger
Feb 2013
#63
The same can be said about your inability to explain what happened to the plane.
ocpagu
Feb 2013
#69
Have you ever seen the remains of a NASCAR vehicle after hitting a wall at 1/3 the speed of this
AtheistCrusader
Jun 2013
#100
What's that have to do with your assertion that the black boxes were not found?
zappaman
Feb 2013
#85
But I said, "the only known example of a bridge collapsing in a 40 mph wind"
William Seger
Feb 2013
#36
Bazant doesn't actually use any estimate of the acceleration in his analysis
William Seger
May 2013
#98