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12-05-2013, 05:03 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-01-2022, 01:02 AM by Fearless Community.
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If you think about it.
A Boeing 767-200 (type aircraft which collided with WTC 1), has a typical ZFW (Zero Fuel Weight) of around 250000 lbs (113400 KG). You have that weight slam into the side of the tower at approximately 400 knots (465 MPH|205 M/S). That's bound to cause some damage, obviously not enough to cause a whole building to collapse.
Now we add about 85'000 to 95'000 lbs of fuel (10'000 US Gallons). Not only increasing the weight of the aircraft to 335'000 lbs to 345'000 lbs but also highly flammable liquid, that is, Jet A fuel (typically used on commercial airliners in the U.S).
Toxic has basically hit it that Jet fuel burns at high temperatures and certainly would have contributed to the weakening of the steel, along with the huge amount of energy released when the big bird hit the building.
The black smoke has nothing to do with oxygen starvation. As Toxic said, it is usually due to there being some sort of oil, gasoline, rubber etc.
A Boeing 767-200 (type aircraft which collided with WTC 1), has a typical ZFW (Zero Fuel Weight) of around 250000 lbs (113400 KG). You have that weight slam into the side of the tower at approximately 400 knots (465 MPH|205 M/S). That's bound to cause some damage, obviously not enough to cause a whole building to collapse.
Now we add about 85'000 to 95'000 lbs of fuel (10'000 US Gallons). Not only increasing the weight of the aircraft to 335'000 lbs to 345'000 lbs but also highly flammable liquid, that is, Jet A fuel (typically used on commercial airliners in the U.S).
Toxic has basically hit it that Jet fuel burns at high temperatures and certainly would have contributed to the weakening of the steel, along with the huge amount of energy released when the big bird hit the building.
The black smoke has nothing to do with oxygen starvation. As Toxic said, it is usually due to there being some sort of oil, gasoline, rubber etc.
Regards,
aviator