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Originally Posted by Dilbert1234567
No its not enough. As you know flight 77 doubled back and with out its transponder active it would be extremely hard to track. Meanwhile the planes launched were mistakenly sent to intercept flight 11, not flight 77, 11 already had crashed. At 9:32, Dulles picked up an inbound plane (flight 77) and when they realized it was heading towards Washington, the fighters were ordered to return to DC at top speed “I don’t care how many windows you break” the commander said giving authorization to break the sound barrier. 5 minutes later, flight 77 impacted the pentagon; however the jets were 150 mile east.
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The point was that the Capitol is to be protected in the instance of attack, no matter what. The official policy is to have planes in the air around DC in the event of an attack. Flight 77's transponder switched off over a half hour before the F-16s took off. I have to wonder why they would simply ignore protocol.
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Originally Posted by Dilbert1234567
At the time, the fighters were several hundred miles away, and when they were given the order to intercept, they had 5 minutes before impact.
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Ah, not the point. The fighters were headed towards NYC. The order to intercept would not have been relevant until the jets were a few miles out. They should have reached the city with much time to spare, and with simple radar they could have intercepted the plane(s) before they were even over a populated area. They dragged their feet en route to NYC, and that is the problem.
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Originally Posted by Dilbert1234567
Wrong, in 2 cases they were on target, flight 93 is unknown, and flight 77 double backed after the transponder was disabled. It is hard to determine speed, trajectory of the planes. No I can’t do it, you can’t do it, and no way can a 7th grader do it.
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I enjoy how you say "wrong", then your next 7 words agree with me. It warms my cockles. Both planes en route to NYC were headed towards Manhattan before their transponders were shut off. Again, you, I, or a 7th grader can calculate location by factoring in speed and trajectory. It's basic geometry. Also, Flight 77 didn't double back before but after the transponder shut off. It was all in the minute of 8:56 AM EST.
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Originally Posted by Dilbert1234567
They dragged there feet because they were not sure where they were. They followed procedures.
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"Fly to New York City" isn't clear enough, I guess. What order would you have given in order to communicate a need form them to fly to New York City?