If terror was the objective, was it not achieved? A planeload of passengers was proven helpless as its friendly Jihadist copilot flew them into the ground, instilling a new fear among Westerners that their own pilots might be Mohammedan murderers. It was not necessary to aim for a city in order to instill such fear. We are getting jaded when 150 corpses fail to impress us.
Indeed, yes. But just as easily you could say the 9-11 objective was SOME form of terrorism --like kamikaze'ing into the Hudson, or offshore -- yet they chose crowded Manhattan, striking the most densely packed buildings, what's more.
He could have killed himself in a glider, but since he didn't do THAT, clearly instead KILLING was his objective.
Clearly that day and the equipment at hand permitted killing many more, yet he did not.
FIGHTERS SENT TO INTERCEPT...???