[ChemistCat]

It explains why the wreckage was found spread about over several miles.

I suppose we REALLY did something awful to Columbia, huh? Does your knowledge of the physics of crash and accident scenes enlighten you about that?

My husband did crash and accident photography for the Air Force. Even when a smaller plane augers straight in, the bits and pieces bounce and scatter pretty widely. On the other hand, all aircraft are subject to balance problems, and if you have a bunch of people suddenly run to the front of the airplane, you're going to throw it out of balance, and an inexperience pilot may not be able to recover--if he cared to...they weren't too worried about safe landings, you know.

I don't believe the Clinton-Afflicted Air Force had its ducks in a row nor adequate warning to be shooting anything down that day...not over the mainland of the U.S. of A.

[higgmeister]

On the other hand, all aircraft are subject to balance problems, and if you have a bunch of people suddenly run to the front of the airplane, you're going to throw it out of balance, and an inexperience pilot may not be able to recover--if he cared to...they weren't too worried about safe landings, you know.

Finally somebody got it right!.  That's why
you have to have a loadmaster on a cargo
plane, to keep the load from shifting.  If
you suddenly shift the weight from the back
of an aircraft to the front, the nose goes down.
After the plane tilts 30 to 40 degrees, people
that are not belted into their seats start falling
toward the front of the plane.  All of the
passengers would be thrown toward the
front cabin bulkhead with no way for anyone
to recover (cups, carts and utensils too).
It is clear that at least the "ring leaders" of the
passenger revolt against the highjackers
knew this.  They are true heroes for giving
their lives willingly to save countless others.

[Paleo Conservative]

I don't believe the Clinton-Afflicted Air Force had its ducks in a row nor adequate warning to be shooting anything down that day...not over the mainland of the U.S. of A.

The news articles I read said that the planes sent to intercept the airliners were unarmed and it would have been necessary for the Air National Guard pilot to ram the airliners with their fighters. Also most of the Air National Guard pilots were also airline pilots.