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Old 09-14-2011, 01:54 PM   #917
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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame View Post
Why make such an elaborate downswing with a huge airliner to hit the building from the side when Hanjour could have just brought it down on top of the Pentagon? He surely could have created far more damage that way. It's like instead of stomping on an empty box to collapse it from the top, you kick lower half of the bottom side to try to achieve the same results, which is infinitely harder. I'll never get it.
I'm no expert by any means on flying a plane, however I am going to guess its quite similar to when someone drives there car into the vehicle next to them instead of just going into the parking spot they planned on. Except at a MUCH higher speed. Whoops he missed.
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