9/11 - what happened to the planes?

[myyve]

Thinking on from that awful day after the anniversary yesterday, one thought has come to mind.

What happened to the planes and those onboard, once they were flown into the twin towers? I know this probably does sound silly and I'm so sorry if it comes across as ignorant, but I truly do not know, and the internet doesn't mention anything, either..

Did they come to a crash landing afterwards? Or did they continue flying? What actually happened to the plane and those poor souls on board?

Who do you think you are to tell anybody to get a thread deleted? Steel yourself to look at a thread title and move away if the content isn't to your liking. OP doesn't need to apologise to you or anybody else.

I'm sick of reading posters like you thinking that you can police other people, just stop it.

OP would have been born around 1999 to have been 2 years old in 2001, so around 24 years of age now.

I googled to verify and certainly didn't see the answer in 30 seconds.

The 'what happened' that comes up is that two of the planes were crashed into/flown into the World trade centres.
The OP knew that, she just didn't know what happened to the planes once they had been crashed into the buildings and wanted clarification.

I'm honestly surprised that any bit of rubble from this horrific incident can be positively identified as belonging to any specific plane. I thought anything left was in such tiny pieces or was so horribly burnt it was impossible to identify.

There will be many of us ‘curious’ as to the realities of that day because it was so horrific and even now it’s unbelievably hard to watch. I’m still amazed there is no footage of the plane hitting the Pentagon.
And no, I’m not a conspiracy theorist.

I’m still amazed there is no footage of the plane hitting the Pentagon.

There is. It's security camera footage, which isn't continuous coverage, but it exists.

This is literally one of the most reported historical events ever. How can you say you couldn't find anything online?

The cars were not 'left untouched for years' some were driven out of the parking garage. What we saw of the twin towers was above ground but there was a lot below ground too, shops (an entire mall) and at least one subway station.

Not all of it was destroyed when the towers collapsed.

I watched the two towers fall live on TV.

I don't think I knew about building 7 for a while though.

Actually, there is footage of the plane hitting the Pentagon.

I’m sorry about your friend but there is nothing about MN in particular that makes it an inappropriate place to discuss this.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-structural-engineers-learned-from-9-11/

Structural engineer asking questions running simulations is how we know what actually happened - the Pentagon held up better than the twin towers due to differences in construction- I hadn't been told that before in fact hadn't thought much about differences and would have assumed height or impact speed rather than construction.

OP doesn’t need to delete the thread, they’ve done nothing wrong. Mumsnet is a perfectly normal place to ask a bloody question. That’s the whole point of Mumsnet.

@PenLidsOnTheFloor we are talking academia here. Asking ridiculously stupid questions is not the way to get on!

No question is a stupid question.

The only one being ignorant here, is you. I encourage everyone to ask all questions and never be ashamed. They might be mocked like some of the people on here, but you should never be ashamed of asking a question. It’s so important to do so. In every aspect of life.

Practical thinking is absolutely something you can learn.

Asking questions so insane that people think you are a village idiot is really not the way to progress in academia. There’s questions and questions. Those saying “ask stupid questions” are kidding themselves.

Christ, what a spiteful, condescending post. Some people need to take a hard look at themselves, most of them are on this thread. Cannot believe some of the nasty responses on here

I have asked a question. Why I am getting gunned down for it I just don't understand. I've tried to be sensitive about it, I've apologised several times to those I may have offended.

@DonnaTellMeThis That is completely uncalled for nastiness.

There is no such thing as a stupid question.

That phrasing is repeated often in academia. Because it’s so important to ask and understand instead of not understanding and getting it wrong. Asking questions, even seemingly stupid ones, is how we learn. Also, what you deem as a stupid question is not a stupid question to others. You sound very judgemental.

OP, Stop apologizing, some people just want to find offense/be offended so they can be offensive.

Shame I had to see that comment before MNHQ deleted it. wish I hadn't.

It's kind of confirmed to me I'm in the wrong field here. It's all been a rough learning curve.

Who made you judge and jury of what counts as a stupid question?

If you don't know something, or don't understand it, it's wise to ask.

Your ignorance seems intentional.

Honestly OP , try not to take it to heart. There are some very spiteful individuals on this thread.

God if you can't ask a question on an anonymous forum where on earth can you?

Try and ignore the sneerers, it's a perfectly reasonable question to ask.