On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 12:38:53 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote:

In message net.com,
at 04:20:54 on Mon, 25 Jul 2005, Roger T.
remarked:
On the contrary, the containment building at a nuclear power station is
supposed to be able to take a loaded 747 crashing on to it without harm.

Rather like the Twin Towers? Able to take the force of a jet aircraft
impact?

I don't recall the towers falling over as a result of the impact. It was
the subsequent fire which toppled them (and even then, they fell mainly
downwards, rather than sideways).

There also seemed to be a hint both in the manner of collapse and in
later reports that the construction style was not an unrelated factor.