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No-one is suggesting that it proves anything in relation to the Pentagon apart from being a well documented example of what would really happen to the plane itself under those conditions of highspeed impact - lots of small mangled pieces and even atomised metal.
So for the oficial plane to break through 3 complete rings, it would have to make its way though 6 walls, (yes seperated by office space AND large structural colums). So it goes through 6 walls, all 2 feet of reinforced concrete.
Originally posted by Pilgrum
No-one is suggesting that it proves anything in relation to the Pentagon apart from being a well documented example of what would really happen to the plane itself under those conditions of highspeed impact - lots of small mangled pieces and even atomised metal.
On the first and second floors, the Pentagon has continuous interior space extending from the facade to the inner-facing wall of the C-Ring, joining the C-, D-, and E-Rings. This is because the light wells between the C- and D-Rings and between the D- and E-Rings only descend to the bottom of the third floor. The only structural elements interrupting this space are columns apparently spaced on 10-foot centers along the direction perpendicular to the facade, with each first-floor column having a square cross-section measuring 21 inches on a side.
A figure on the left shows a path from the center of the facade impact puncture to the center of the C-Ring punch-out hole. That path could describe the path of fuselage debris from the facade to the C-Ring wall, where it could have produced the punch-out hole. It shows that there was a narrow path for that debris between the columns left standing by the crash.