Comment on Why were so many people believers in the conspiracy that 9/11 was an inside job

• sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t know what happens to the wings of that specific aircraft when they collide with that specific building under those specific conditions at 460 knots. That’s a question for an expert on the subject, not random people on the internet.

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• Sal@mander.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t have much of an opinion on this topic, I haven’t really looked into it.

  But as soon as I saw this image, the El Al Flight 1862 which crashed in the Bijlmer in Amsterdam in 1992 immediately came to mind. The shape of the hole is very similar!

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  This image shows the likely position of the Bijlmer plane during the crash:

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  The image you posted of the Pentagon seems to me consistent with what I have seen of the Bijlmer accident, and so the shape of the hole and the absence of wings in the photo does not persuade me personally that no plane was involved.

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  • nutomic@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Interesting. However in this case the plane came down vertically so the wings/engines would hit the ground beside the building. In case of the pentagon, the plane supposedly flew horizontally at ground level, so the wings should crash directly into the building.

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    • Sal@mander.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Fair enough. I just looked it up and if the scale in this image is correct, I agree that the size of the hole looks small in comparison. I also looked at the security video of the crash itself and it is frustrating how little we can see from it.

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      Since this was such an important event and there seems to be a lack of specific pieces of essential evidence - either because of bad luck or because of a cover-up - I understand the skepticism. And I am not a fan of blindly believing any official narrative. But, without any context, if I see that photo and someone tells me that a plane crashed into that building, I would find it probable simply because the shape is so similar to the photo of the Bijlmer accident that I’m familiar with. A plane crash seems to me like a very chaotic process, so I don’t have a good expectation of what the damage should look like.

      Maybe I’ll look for a pentagon crash documentary some time.

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