Was United Flight 93 Taken Out On 9/11?

Question

It appears to have been headed for the White House before crashing in Pennsylvania.
We know that Bush would have no hesitation in having it taken out if he thought it was a danger, especially to himself or his property.
Did Bush order the taking down of this plane?
I suspect so, knowing how ruthless this man is.

Please note that I am not an American - I am Irish.
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Answer 1

The question is interesting and one of the more plausible conspiracy theories, although the more we learn about what the passengers did on UA93 it is likely that it crashed as a result of the takeover attempt.

On some of the voice recordings one of the hi-jackers is saying "do it, put it down now" as the fight reached the cockpit.

I have no doubt however that it was already being followed by fighters and that it would have been shot down before it reached a populated area.

That has NOTHING to do with Bush being ruthless, it is about a sensible response given what had just happened to the twin towers and the pentagon.

I would expect any leader of any country to take similar action to prevent 200 tons of aircraft smashing into and killing up to 3000 people.

In the UK we know that the RAF has a standby flight ready at all times to take down any hi-jacked airliner on its way to do a similar thing in London, and it can be on station over the capital in minutes.

It would be the right thing to do.

Oh and by the way, Bush was'nt at the White House that day, and its not his property (he is a temporary resident) so it wasnt a personal danger to him or his property.

Answer 2

I'm sorry, but that's pure drivel. I mistrust the man as much as anyone. It's prettty much known that the passengers intentionally crashed the plane. There's flight data recorder information, and a recorded first hand acount from Todd Beamer, A PASSENGER stating, "We've been hijacked, but are going to take the plane back to prevent it being used as a missile" This is recorded from an Air-phone conversation between Todd Beamer, and the operator on the telephone. It's how the phrase, "Let's Roll" became famous.
Shooting down the plane would have been justified. A terrrible situation sure, but justified. If it had been shot down, the debris would have been a telltale.I'm sorry my friend, but trying to blame Bush for this is to rob the victims of the heroism of what they did. The people on this flight chose to crash, rather than become a missile. Trying to pervert this into a case of murder on the part of ole presidente is to rob these people of their sacrifice.

Answer 3

First, why does your theory not match the flight recorder transcripts? The transcripts clearly show that the hijackers were attacked by the passengers and that they brought the plane down.

As for the crash not consistent with this, what are your credentials for saying it is more consistent with a missile downing?

A passenger plane will structurally fail if the plane is put through violent maneuvers it was never intended to handle.

Last, does it matter if it was taken down by the hijackers or by a missile? Those people were going to die anyway. Does it make them any more or less dead? Does it change anything? No it doesn't. So why waste time worrying about inconsequential things?

Answer 4

In this day and age, had the plane been shot down, an eye witness would have seen it and reported it.
The Heroes of flight 93 gave their lives because they knew what had happened to the other two hijacked planes, they may not have known where it was going, but they knew what the end result was going to be.
As far as Bush thinking he or his property was in danger, He was not in D.C. the U.S. Government owns the White House property not Bush.

Answer 5

Considering that wreckage from, what was supposed to have been, flight 93 was spread over an 8-9 mile radius, I would venture to say it was shot down.
However, according to a documentary I watched, the flight actually landed in Cleveland. In that documentary in explains that a news article on a Cleveland news website explained that the Cleveland Mayor, and United Airlines both confirmed that it landed safely at the Cleveland Airport.
I would tend to believe this story because the official reports state that it "disappeared from radar" just before approaching Cleveland, only to be seen again on radar going the other direction. Not only that, the Cleveland Airport was completely evacuated around that time because of, what officials in Cleveland said to be, "a bomb threat."
It's all documented!

Answer 6

I think so too. I think it was a terrible tragedy, however, there were no aircraft parts to speak of, not like the recent Greek airline tragedy. Also, on the day (9/11), I remember reports of military aircraft being scrambled then nothing else. Having said all of this, I am not sure it was the wrong decision. Maybe lying about it is, but surely any target especially tactical, needs to be defended. Harsh but this is the reality of suicide extremists.

Answer 7

People who spread 9-11 conspiracies theories which try to debase our government as the bad guys in that tragedy are the most anti-american of them all.

God Bless America

... and thank you for the 2 points

Answer 8

Yes, it is on that plane where the passengers fought back against the terrorists and forced it down in a field in PA rather than hitting a highly populated area.

Answer 9

I don't know if anyone will ever actually know the truth about the 911 events. Something doesn't ring right about the whole thing. There are so many conspiracy theories which if nothing else shows there isn't much trust in our own government out there.

Answer 10

Actually Dick Cheney told Rumsfeld that it was shot down by fighter jets on Cheney's orders..

This is on the 9/11 Commission's report.