2006-09-10 08:45:50 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
It's all a conspiracy.
2006-09-10 08:47:56 · answer #1 · answered by ♪♫♪Isaac♪♫ 3 · 5⤊ 4⤋
Buildings are built in a way to withstand earthquakes and strong wind but how many times in the last century has an big airliner struck a building? Yeah, I can count that on one hand too! Buildings are not built with airplanes in mind. No one "thinks", "oh, a Boeing 767 might strike this building some day! Let's build in some precautions or we'll be sorry!"
They collapsed because intense heat from the burning diesel fuel caused the already weakened girders to give. Once the floors started dropping, it was a domino effect to the bottom.
not because the building was "faulty" and not built to "airplane code".
2006-09-10 08:57:05 · answer #2 · answered by Delta Charlie 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They were built to withstand an impact from I think it was a Boeing 707. The 767s that crashed into them were bigger than 707s and held more fuel.
However, whether it really was the plane crashes that caused the collapse is up for debate. It's also quite possible that it was engineered from the inside prior to the attacks. There is a lot of suspicious evidence surrounding 9/11, and so many conflicting ideas and claims that it sometimes seems hard to know what to believe.
2006-09-10 08:49:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
They might have been able to withstand a plane crash, but they couldn't withstand the resulting fire when thousands of gallons of fuel were ignited. The steel beams were weakened. One floor collapsed on top of another on top of another, pancaking till the buildings were nothing but 20 stories of rubble and broken bodies.
2006-09-10 08:57:48 · answer #4 · answered by celticwoman777 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They were built to withstand a direct hit from a 707 jet plane the largest plane that existed when the towers were built. Plus the reason they thought they would be hit was a plane getting lost in the fog leaving JFK airport or landing at JFK airport so they would be going slower . This wasn't the case, the planes were 747's which are the largest jet planes to date and also the speed was much greater than ever anticipated that a plane would hit the building.
2006-09-10 08:51:22 · answer #5 · answered by Ducky 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Apparently investigations could not be done right away. As far as I know, all the govt theories which were presented none could be tested on scientific basis. There are some science professors on fox tv who claim alternate theories of demolition. Some professors in Canada provide scientific models for remote control plane and demoliation. Its all gray zone man. Now Harvard poll says 37 % people have doubts. I am confused myself. Does anyone knows the real scientifically proven truth..
2006-09-10 09:04:11 · answer #6 · answered by WISEMAN 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very simple answer. They collapsed because Al-Quaeda engineers out-played WTC engineers. They knew where to hit at the right time and the right place.
2006-09-10 09:10:18 · answer #7 · answered by akady 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because there were bombs set inside the buildings. Have you ever seen a controlled demolition? Doesn't the WTC coming down look like that? Use your imagination.
2006-09-10 09:04:56 · answer #8 · answered by rachie_grl6 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No building has ever been built to withstand a plane crash. Some newer constructions have tried to allow for the possibility, but it just wasn't considered a problem before.
2006-09-10 08:48:12 · answer #9 · answered by juicy_wishun 6 · 1⤊ 4⤋
As I understand it, they were built to withstand the impact of the crash, but not the incredible heat from the explosion/fire. It stressed the main beams in the center of the building, and caused everything to collapse.
2006-09-10 08:48:34 · answer #10 · answered by veus 2 · 3⤊ 3⤋
They were however, the designers never considered that a 767 with a full load of fuel would ever crash into the towers. The crashs themselves did not collapse the towers, but with all that fuel burning and the insulation on the steel blown off the girders, the steel began to warp and eventualy one floor collapsed on top of one another causing it to pancake on itself
2006-09-10 08:52:29 · answer #11 · answered by eric g 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋