03-21-2021, 12:13 PM
(03-21-2021, 05:03 AM)LP link Wrote:The next biggest equivalent crash was a B-25 into the Empire State Building.
B-25 = 15m wide x 15,000kg flying at 230mph.
767 = 40m wide x 150,000 to 200,000kg MTOW flying at +550mph. 10x the weight and at least 2x the speed,
We need a physicist to tell us all about kinetic and potential energy!
Apart from the size difference LP, the fuel capacity is significant.
A B-25 with long range tanks carried 974 US gallons of fuel. A 767 carries 29,980 US gallons; more than enough to create fires of very high but variable intensity. Those fires were hot enough to cause the steel to lose structural strength and to distort as a result of temperature variation. It's just basic metallurgy.
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