Ground effect is far too strong for an airliner to maintain a level trajectory at low altitude moving at high speed. The faster it flies the more lift is generated. This would be an issue for a plane hitting the towers at high speed, and essentially make hitting the Pentagon next to impossible.
Ground effect is far too strong for an airliner to maintain a level trajectory at low altitude moving at high speed. The faster it flies the more lift is generated. This would be an issue for a plane hitting the towers at high speed, and essentially make hitting the Pentagon next to impossible.
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