[habs4ever]

Uh, the plane was falling apart from stress...like at speeds it shouldn't have been travelling.The speed with which Flight 175 hit the WTC South Tower was almost enough to blow that plane apart, and the pilot barely got it under control for it's attack approach.

[eno_]

All 9/11 planes hit not much faster than cuising speed - 550mph or so. Not fast enough to rip the planes apart.

[Timesink]

Uh, the plane was falling apart from stress...like at speeds it shouldn't have been travelling.The speed with which Flight 175 hit the WTC South Tower was almost enough to blow that plane apart, and the pilot barely got it under control for it's attack approach.

And can you just IMAGINE the conspiracy theories that would have been spun - dozens of them - if Flight 175 had indeed broken apart due purely to being overstressed, just moments before it hit the South Tower, as the entire world was watching on live television? It would be ... just like this thread!