ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoAftermath of a B-25 Bomber flying into the Empire State Building, 1945i.redd.itimagemessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1414arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1409arrow-down1imageAftermath of a B-25 Bomber flying into the Empire State Building, 1945i.redd.itProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square74fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-219 hours agoDifferent/less fuel I imagine. The problem with WTC was the fires kept burning which weakened the steel enough for it to collapse under its own weight. Edit: Admittedly, I read the headline as “B-52” but I think the comment stands.
minus-squarefunkless_ecklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-217 hours agoyes the B 25 actually lost its engines in the impact that caused two other separate sites with respective fires
Different/less fuel I imagine. The problem with WTC was the fires kept burning which weakened the steel enough for it to collapse under its own weight.
Edit: Admittedly, I read the headline as “B-52” but I think the comment stands.
yes the B 25 actually lost its engines in the impact that caused two other separate sites with respective fires