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Originally posted by jackinthebox
Can anyone show another crash scene of any aircraft that hit so hard that the fuel instantly atomized and the structure was desintegrated to pieces smaller than a phone book? Surely there have been other planes that have crashed at 500 mph.
About 85 percent of the fuselage was recovered. The largest sections were from
below the airplanes floor line. The fuselages upper crown structure was broken into
smaller pieces and had substantial compression damage. The recovered fuselage segments
increased in size from the forward section of the airplane (where they were the smallest) to
the aft section of the airplane (where they were the largest).
However the aircraft was beyond recovery, and fell approximately 18,000 feet nose-down and inverted for 1 minute, 21 seconds before impacting the ocean at high speed.
Most of the right and left horizontal stabilizers were recovered in fragments, including center sections, spars, skin panels, and both hinge fittings. No marks were found to identify pitch trim or elevator orientation at the time of impact with the swamp.
Several pieces of the rudder were recovered. The largest piece measured 57 inches by 43 inches (144.78 cm by 109.22 cm). The preimpact position of the rudder was not determined.
In your experience, did you see burning fuel for a significant time after the crash? The article states that witnesses saw flames higher then the trees. The article also states that the fire was relatively contained due to a nearly perpendicular angle. Can you elaborate on the extent of secondary burn? Not that you would necessarily know the answer to this question, but did you ever learn the impact speed?
Can someone answer the last question? clarify for us how the wings left dents in the grass without breaking or burning one blade of grass?
Originally posted by John Lear
Anybody who has the slightest, barest knowledge of aircraft construction and aircraft accident investigation would instantly know, after looking at the pictures above, that no airplane crashed there. None. Nada
So its fair to say that if you want a 9/11 smoking gun, flight 93 is it.
[edit on 21-12-2007 by IvanZana]
Originally posted by jackinthebox
how were emergency workers sloshing around in puddles of it at the United 93 site?
No Plane, no parts, no fire, nothing....
Cheers
[edit on 21-12-2007 by IvanZana]
Originally posted by IvanZana
like the earlier question. The cameraman in this picture is standing where the engine and wing penetrated the ground with thousands of liters of fuel.
No wings, no fuel, no "sloshing around"
You can't convince anyone with words when the picture rests the case.
No plane crash here.
Originally posted by IvanZana
YOUR RIGHT!
There is no plane there.
One can ony assume that the crater was caused by a bomb or missile with pre burried plane parts underneath. They also misdropped the debris.
Originally posted by johnlear
Originally posted by IvanZana
Can someone answer the last question? clarify for us how the wings left dents in the grass without breaking or burning one blade of grass?
Allow me. Anybody who has the slightest, barest knowledge of aircraft construction and aircraft accident investigation would instantly know, after looking at the pictures above, that no airplane crashed there. None. Nada.
However, this fact doesn't prevent those terminally uninformed from expressing their opinions about things they know little or nothing about.
But please carry on, I enjoy reading about how a 250,000 pound airplane can disappear into mother earth leaving only a few pieces of aluminum scattered around.
I also like the part about digging an alleged engine out of the ground but not finding the horizontal/vertical tail assembly on top of it. Technically speaking the horizontal/vertical tail assembly should have arrived the scene of the accident almost immediately after the engine got there. So before you get to the engine you would have to dig up the tail assembly which would be on top of it.
And I also like the part about only finding one engine. A three ton engine core disintegrates? Sorry, not possible.