How hard is it to fly an airplane into WTC?

Question

From what I understand it is very difficult to maneuver a fully loaded and fueled commercial jet liner at low altitudes and hi speeds into the WTC. I have a friend that is a pilot and he is unable to do it in a simulator.

Maybe the terrorist pilots had just a bit more training than we were told about, i.e. small engine training in Florida... maybe they had military training???

Just a thought.

Answer 1

We will never know the complete truth, we have only the stories out government tells us. Given the sheer number of lies that our leaders have been caught telling us, I don't know that we can believe them about the circumstances that led to the WTC towers going down either. Sad, but true.

Answer 2

Look it happened...I seen it live on TV at the exact time the second plane hit LIVE!!! Just cause your friend sucks at a simulator if you are already on the heading (they came from MA) and had it plotted out which they did it shouldn't be difficult at all to hit the tallest standing structure in the country with a plane...
Now if you want to question something about 9/11 question the plane that went into the Pentagon? According to air traffic controllers that plane moved way to swiftly to be an airliner of that size, aside that plane disappeared from radar all together 45 min before something hit the Pentagon, according to the government that plane went over the highway at over 500mph about 20 feet off the ground hit directly at the bottom of structure the wings weren't shredded off but didn't make any impact damage and they was no damage to the lawn in front of the site...now that is some serious flying for an inexperienced flyer...people who cleaned up the sire claimed to see no signs that there was a plane that hit there, also all videos that would have seen the plane on its path toward to Pentagon were immediately confiscated by the FBI before anyone could really have a chance to examine them (I'm talking within minutes)...the hole in the wall was measured to about 20ft round in diameter, I think a boeing is going to leave a hole a little bigger than that...other people in the area (retired military) claim to have smelled explosives (not jet fuel,but military explosives that found in a missle) there is the REAL conspiracy theory to what happened there.

Answer 3

I heard an interview with Miles O'Brien with CNN. He is a pilot and has spent quite a lot of time in simulators for 767's. According to him once the plane is in the air it handles much like his small, single engine plane. His point was if someone was a pilot and managed to get a few hours in at a simulator then there is no reason they could not do what the terrorists did.

Answer 4

And maybe, when really motivated, one can achieve a lot that might be seen as difficult. Isn't that why the pro athletes are so idolized in our society - they can do the things that are rather difficult to achieve?

So on your thought - when one is a fanatic, and motivated on something that they are willing to give their life for, they will work that much harder. I am sure that the motivation for your pilot friend might not be there like the person that is going to "heaven" and will be revered as a religious martyr by their Allah.

Just another thought.

Answer 5

Just goes to show what a small amount of the wrong information will do.
1. They had more than small engine training.
2. Do you know just how *BIG* the World Trade Center was?
3. Personally I think that either you or your friend is a liar, incompetent or both.

Answer 6

It is very difficult to do.
But that is only half the story.
How hard is it to navigate from 30,000 feet with no assistance from air traffic control.
We've all looked out of the plane window at that height - absolutely nothing is recognisable, except maybe the coast line on a very clear day. Given that as a starting point, how do you decide where to aim, when to descend, what speed to fly, how to trim for changed speed and angle. There are very few, if any, full-time regular pilots who would attempt a VFR (visual flight rules) approach from 30,000 feet.

Answer 7

quite, there became not lots of the airplane left after it became incinerated. the warmth from the gas became sufficient to reason structural injury to the towers. Even Bin weighted down became stunned that it did as plenty injury. Physics wipes out your conspiracy theory. while it gets quite warm, issues soften!

Answer 8

I'll bet they just lined the plane up in advance at slow speeds, and then once they were on course they sped the aircraft up again.

Answer 9

You couldntmake any drastic maneuvers, which the planes didnt, but if you havent seen loose change (video.google.com) I thoroughly recommend that.

Answer 10

trajicly, 9/11 DID happen, and sadly theres nothing we can do now. so like the 1st guy said, be prepared to be called a conspiracy theorist or an idiot.