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Originally Posted by kirant
Semi right. I did mistype when I meant the planes were weak. I meant that the planes wings do bend a good amount. The thing is that:
1) The plane hit the ground first from all accounts. So it wasn't going that stated 400+ mph and easily removed a LOT of its momentum. I think we'd be having a different story had it been a direct impact. (I'm no structural engineer though, so I may be wrong)
2) The tourque wings are suppose to take IMO are in the front-back direction of the plane, rotating around the wing/cockpit connection (to ensure safety when the engines run). This means that upon collision with a solid object from in front, they'll try to bend the wings to make up. This further weakens the damage to the building and pushes it onto the wing instead.
3) Apparantly, 1 wing hit the ground first.
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I'm not sure if this helps your theory but wings withstand exponentially more forces in the vertical than in the horizontal.