Today I learned on Nostr: TIL the planes that struck the World Trade Center Twin Towers weighed 100% more, ...

TIL the planes that struck the World Trade Center Twin Towers weighed 100% more, carried 100% more fuel, and flew 100% faster than the plane whose impact the buildings were designed to withstand, a Boeing 707 airliner flying at landing approach speeds.

https://www.fireengineering.com/leadership/construction-concerns-911-revisited/
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