paul wright wrote:
Actually the physical mash up happens instantly and that should be on the record. Something collides at great speed with something and the destructive interaction starts immediately. the data record shouldn't show a delayed effect
What should have happened was an immediate resistance
Paul, I agree.
There are so many places to hang one's hat on, and rest one's case in this sordid affair. This is about as good as any.
One 'problem' with the video of the plane entering the building, is that the general public had virtually no prior experience seeing such an event.
If someone was to throw an egg against a concrete wall, what would a child, a teenager or an adult predict would happen to the egg and to the wall? Most would be able to figure that one out, correctly.
If someone was to throw an egg against a window, what would a child, a teenager or an adult predict would happen to the egg and to the window?
Here we may have a bit more divergence in answers, but still on the whole, most answers would be sensible.
A movie was made in the 70's/80's (I saw a clip of it online a few months ago) with a scene of a jet plane crashing into a downtown high-rise building.
This movie was seen by millions of people.
The plane hit the building, immediately started to break apart, and fall to the ground. There was damage to the building of course, but the plane broke to pieces, outside of the building.
What is of note here is the following.
Yes this was just a 'movie', however screenwriters try to write scripts in as realistic a way as possible for action/thriller movies such as these.
Their 'best guess' as to the result of the crash was described above.
The audience (millions of people) did not walk out of the film in disgust after watching this scene, saying "That is absolutely ridiculous!
Any child knows that the plane would slice into the building like butter, with no external breakage whatsoever. For heaven's sake! "
I like to rest my hat on something more specific; the wings.
Anyone who has flown in a jet plane and looked out at the wings has seen a message written on them to warn workers. It basically tells the workers not to step beyond this point.
Why? Because the wings are fairly fragile components of an aircraft.
Even workers, stepping on them near their tips, could potentially cause some damage to them.
Now contrast the forces exerted on the wings with a plane flying 300 mph+ into a building. Slightly more than some men stepping on them, wouldn't you say?
But here is the icing on the cake.
The plane purportedly banked and hit the building on an angle.
According to the 'cutout' hole, the wings sliced through the wall on several floors! Each floor, being fresh (not hit) and offering its own full resistance.
Now that is something to think about! Whether you are an adult, teenager or child.
