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Originally Posted by willravel
What are the odds that a plane would hit one of the Twin Towers?
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before 9/11, some planes accidentally hit buildings, before 9/11 no one purposefully hit a building. although unlikely, it was more likely then a terrorist attack.
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Originally Posted by willravel
You said they were told to intercept the plane. If the plane flew away from the coast, inland, then there would be no reason to fly over the Atlantic. Also, the speed laws don't apply over open ocean. So either: they flew over the Atlantic and dragged their feet or, they flew over land and dragged their feet.
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they do apply over some of the coast, i don't know how far out, but i think its several miles. they still did not know where to go to intercept, they were waiting until they got the location, once they did the made there best time to the city. something you may not realize is that even though a plane is capable of Mach 2, they are incapable of sustaining that speed for long, although tthe f-16 has a combat radius of 500 miles (max distance traveled to target and back) it does not mean it can travel at Mach 2 for the 1000 miles. furthermore the top speed is only available at altitude, not low over a city.
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Originally Posted by willravel
As you said, they didn't know there was a target with Flight 11. They went to intercept Flight 11. With Flight 77, they had an idea of what was going on so they went to DC.
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flight 77 came back on the DC radar 5 minutes before impact, when the flight controller noticed it was a rogue plane the call was made and the f-16's over the Atlantic tore out at the max speed towards the city, but they were still 150 miles awaywhen it hit the pentagon
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