03-21-2021, 09:00 AM
(03-21-2021, 08:34 AM)LP link Wrote:[member=160]Gointocarlton[/member] https://www.scientificamerican.com/artic...wers-fell/
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Quote:Though the Boeing 767s airliners that hit the towers were somewhat larger than the Boeing 707 (maximum takeoff weights: 395,000 pounds versus 336,000 pounds) the structures were designed to resist, the planes carried a similarly sized fuel load as the older modelabout 24,000 gallons versus 23,000 gallons, according to Kausel.
So they were built to withstand plane attack. Albeit couldn't foresee the future in aviation design, the impacts were similar. Given the amount of redundancy built into the structure, we can safely assume it could withstand the slightly bigger version.