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Crash wreckage

 

First of all let's get one thing straight, when a collision occurs it doesn't matter which object is moving faster:

 

So this is how aeroplanes generally respond to impact:

 

 

Look how the nose crumples:

 

 

 

 

Notice the strength difference between thin steel and aluminium sheet:

 

And at higher impact speeds things look like this:

 

Now have a look at how tough steel is:

 

Look at how an aircraft is constructed:

 

This train hit a steel post:

 

And look at what the outer wall of the WTC was made from:

 

Notice that a lot of the surface area is steel.

These are not thin, blade-like columns. and the spandrel belts are wide:

This was structural steel.

And of course where the spandrel belts were, there were poured concrete floors.

So this image, for instance is not possible in reality:

 

The following simulated image, though not correct, is much more like what would have happened: