Could Vancouver 2010 be the next 9/11?

[redshift]

"#7 was hit by debris and damaged enough that it was cheaper to take it down than it was to rebuild it."

Yes indeed, and while it was on fire, crews rushed to load it up with explosives, so they could neatly bring it down at around 5 the same day, that's service!

Maybe your aircraft expertise can explain how an F-16, capable of Mach 1.5, is limited to 400-500 mph when in pursuit of multiple rogue airliners. I guess they didn't want to break windows, or maybe the jets weren't "firing on all eight". Bad batch af avgas is my guess. Well they did manage to get one of four...

JT I do respect you, but please don't play the 'degree' game, as if 4 years of extra education makes anyone a god in their chosen field.

I know college grads who can barely flip a burger.

[JThiessen]

Originally Posted by redshift

Yes indeed, and while it was on fire, crews rushed to load it up with explosives, so they could neatly bring it down at around 5 the same day, that's service!

Maybe your aircraft expertise can explain how an F-16, capable of Mach 1.5, is limited to 400-500 mph when in pursuit of multiple rogue airliners. I guess they didn't want to break windows, or maybe the jets weren't "firing on all eight". Bad batch af avgas is my guess. Well they did manage to get one of four...

JT I do respect you, but please don't play the 'degree' game, as if 4 years of extra education makes anyone a god in their chosen field.

I know college grads who can barely flip a burger.

I really dont know where you guys are getting that someone blew up #7. Cant even start to depate that one.

F-16's, and other planes, were limited by policy, not by capability. And there was no order to shoot down anything. The order to get F-16's up in the air was not given in time for any of the 4 crashes. The chain of events and information flow on what was happening just didn't support that occuring. And I for one would not order a shot down of a commercial plane, no matter the consquences. And exactly which plane got shot down? The one in Philly? It nose dived into the ground. Go do more research on similar plane crashes - there haven't been many, but there were a few. If it had been shot down, you would have had a debris field miles long, not a single hole in the groung.

Notice, I also said "or 10+ years of experience" - it was meant more for ZP. He's throwing out "facts" regarding things that at his age and level of experience, he would have no clue wether they were right or wrong. I would never play the "I'm better just because" card. Not my style. But there is a very valid reason in industry for an education and/or experience. I too would ship half the guys I work with to McD's.