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   XPost: rec.aviation.misc, rec.aviation.piloting   
   From: greg@no.spam   
      
   On Jun 7, 11:32 pm, Ralf Kegler  wrote:   
   >>> On 6/6/2011 8:27 PM, Edward A. Falk wrote:   
   >>>> In article, Greg  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>> An architectural expert stated that the twin towers were designed   
   >>>>>> to sustain an aircraft strike.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Just like the Fukushima nuclear plant was "designed" to sustain a   
   >>>>> tsunami...  And please provide the name and credentials of your   
   >>>>> so-called "expert."   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Actually, it's true.  In 1945, a B25 bomber hit the empire state building,   
   >>>> making a substantial hole, starting a fire, and killing 14 people.   
   >>>> One engine went all the way through the building and landed a block away.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> With that in mind, the twin towers were designed for a similar accident.   
   >>>> The scenario they imagined was a 707 lost in the fog, flying at approach   
   >>>> speed.  The planes that struck the twin towers were moving at full speed   
   >>>> and carrying full loads of fuel.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> The planes that hit the twin towers were 20x the mass of the B25 and   
   >>>> moving at several times the B25's speed.   
   >>>   
   >>> Yes, we know.  The B-25 had departed from Hanscom too.   It is true just   
   as Fukushima was designed to sustain a tsunami.  It did not.  By the OP's   
   "logic," the conclusion is that there wasn't a tsunami and a conspiracy melted   
   down the reactors.   
      
   >> > > just as Fukushima was designed to sustain a tsunami.  It did not.   
   > >   
   > > It was designed to sustain 5.3 m not 9 !   
      
   Not relevant since the earthquake didn't do the damage, it was the   
   tsunami.  A lower magnitude quake could cause a larger tsunami,   
   depending on the location of the quake, the geology of the floor, and   
   the location of the coast.   
      
   > Not fair using facts...   
      
   Yes, facts.  Facts like the twin towers were designed to protect against   
   a smaller plane, flying at approach speeds, with a fuel load of a flight   
   almost finished, not fast moving 767, going over 400 knots, with a full   
   load of fuel.   
      
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