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Old 03-27-2006, 03:50 PM  
Scootermuze
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Originally Posted by KRL
An F5 Tornado does 260 MPH and can destroy steel reinforced concrete buildings. These jets were like F10's.
Then why didn't this F10 equivalent do damage where the wings would have hit the bldg.? If the force was so powerful then the wings would have at least taken out the windows, yet they are unbroken.. Cable spools next to the bldg. untouched.. yada yada..

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A fully fueled jet plane traveling at full throttle is going over 500 MPH and literally becomes a bomb at that point where everything will be instantly desintegrated on impact.
The fuel in a 757 is in the fuselage and wing root.. At worst, any fire would only have damaged the part of the wing close to the fuselage.. And Jet fuel doesn't burn hot enough to desintegrate metal..

And as far as simple framing.. Not so simple.. and the engines, as large as they are, won't just vanish no matter the impact...

But there are other factors that raise numerous questions with the 757 idea...
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