"Ian Johnston"

: 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?

Which they did, remarkably well. What they didn't do was survive the
fire.

Lets see, planes crash into towers, towers burn, towers fall, right?

I'd say that planes crashing into each of the towers brought them down.

Saying that they survived the impact is splitting hairs and I'm sure it's a
great comfort the families of those that died.


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Cheers
Roger T.

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On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 15:45:15 UTC, "Roger T."
wrote:

:
: "Ian Johnston"
:
: : 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?
:
: Which they did, remarkably well. What they didn't do was survive the
: fire.
:
: Lets see, planes crash into towers, towers burn, towers fall, right?

Correct.

: I'd say that planes crashing into each of the towers brought them down.

No. The fires brought them down.

: Saying that they survived the impact is splitting hairs and I'm sure it's a
: great comfort the families of those that died.

It's not splitting hairs. If the towers had not been able to withstand
the impact, they'd have fallen down almost at once and everyone in
them would have died. As it was, almost everybody under the level of
the impact got out.

Ian