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[–]TheJamesRocket 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The Japanese were doing suicide air attacks 56 years earlier. It was called "Kamikaze".

These two situations were not even remotely comparable. The Japanese kamikazes were flying much smaller, much more maneuverable planes than the 9/11 hijackers. There is just no comparison at all to flying 3 ton prop fighters vs 120 ton commercial jetliners. Its the difference between driving a car vs driving a bus. The Japanese Zeros and Vals could turn on a dime and pull many positive and negative Gs.

Static buildings are far easier targets to crash into than that.

No, they actually weren't. The kamikazes were hitting warships in a nose dive or straight in approach, in a very lightweight, very maneuverable aircraft. The 9/11 hijackers were flying commercial jetliners (which are about as maneuverable as an 18 wheeler on ice) into skycrapers while flying at enormously high speeds.

[–]radicalcentristNational Centrism 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The 9/11 hijackers were flying commercial jetliners (which are about as maneuverable as an 18 wheeler on ice) into skycrapers while flying at enormously high speeds.

They had plenty of time to prepare. The planes took off from the airport, got hijacked mid flight, they changed direction until the buildings were in their line of sight, and then they accelerated towards them.

Amateur video confirms this. The second plane was still in control of the hijackers as they tilted the aircraft so it wouldn't miss.

https://youtu.be/o6t31R4tI10?t=117

Victims inside the airplane also reported that the hijackers were making jerky erratic movements right up until they crashed (via phonecalls).

It's getting very bad on the plane. Passengers are throwing up and getting sick. The plane is making jerky movements. I don't think the pilot is flying the plane. I think we are going down. I think they intend to go to Chicago or someplace and fly into a building. Don't worry, Dad. If it happens, it'll be very fast ... Oh my God ... oh my God, oh my God

https://www.newsweek.com/florida-walmart-hijacker-bought-items-fake-bomb-scare-passengers-1623529

By the way, saying a commercial jet is not maneuverable, how do you think they get on the landing strip when they're so high off the ground?