r/NoStupidQuestions • u/JMRooDukes808 • 6d ago

Do you think the 9/11 hijackers knew that the WTC buildings would collapse?

I really don’t know where else to ask this. There is obviously an overload of information about the event itself online, but one thing I can’t find out is if the hijackers intended to, or knew that the WTC buildings would collapse. Do you think they just planned on the impact and fires to be the extent of the damage caused? As far as I know, no steel structure buildings in history had collapsed from fire at that point, so it makes me wonder if they actually “succeeded” in their plan more than they intended.

Edit: no conspiracies please, that was not the point of my post

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u/NeverEnoughSunlight 6d ago

Possibly.

It was public knowledge each tower could sustain the impact of a Boeing 727, a narrowbody 150-seater:

  • The 757 is like a super stretch narrowbody with one less engine but two bigger Rolls-Royce ones.
  • The 767 is a widebody with not three but two even bigger engines.

Both carry way more fuel than a 727.