. . . The report concludes that the weight of the aircraft's fuel, when ignited, produced "a flash flood of flaming liquid" that knocked out a number of structural columns within the building and removed the fireproofing insulation from other support structures, Hoffmann said . . .
New York outlawed the use of asbestos fire insulation when the Twin Towers were about halfway complete, so above the midway point, some inferior substitute fireproofing was used.
At the time, one of the architects actually went on record as saying that if a plane hit them above the asbestos-insulated portion, the towers were coming down. Interesting . . .
Of course, in those days, an aircraft/tower collision assumed a smaller plane moving more slowly, with less fuel on board . . . so even asbestos may not have kept the towers up on 9/11.
. . . The report concludes that the weight of the aircraft's fuel, when ignited, produced "a flash flood of flaming liquid" that knocked out a number of structural columns within the building and removed the fireproofing insulation from other support structures, Hoffmann said . . .
New York outlawed the use of asbestos fire insulation when the Twin Towers were about halfway complete, so above the midway point, some inferior substitute fireproofing was used.
At the time, one of the architects actually went on record as saying that if a plane hit them above the asbestos-insulated portion, the towers were coming down. Interesting . . .
Of course, in those days, an aircraft/tower collision assumed a smaller plane moving more slowly, with less fuel on board . . . so even asbestos may not have kept the towers up on 9/11.
I had heard that about the asbestos.