If the report that he hit the top two floors is accurate, it is the sign of someone wanting desperately to avoid the building rather than destroy it. I think we should be cautious.
Good point, untenured! Hope you're right!
Not convincing: it's lots easier to go around a building than to go over it -- especially if it's engine trouble.
Yes, it could be an accident. However, considering how this one building sticks up like a sore thumb over the city, it's difficult to believe that a pilot who's enough in control to talk on the radio, could just happen to run into such a small target.
Can't miss the building ? The SOS report would be the reason given by the pilot that the plane was off course so to avoid interception.
1) Yes, Fox is reporting two sources saying the pilot radioed an SOS...
2) There's an awful lot of sky up there. Even if you're in trouble it's still pretty hard to find the little bit of sky that's occupied by a building...
3) "If the report that he hit the top two floors is accurate" -- Don't forget, after the WTC attack, ALL the news shows had well-produced animation SHOWING how an attack of the UPPER floors causes a CHAIN REACTION of floors collapsing downward which leads to the building falling down... Perhaps this person was just trying to knock the building down using the same method as the WTC attack...
Mark W.
Reports say it struck the 25th Floor. The building has 30 Floors.
By hitting the building five floor down from the top, collapse of the 25th Floor will bring down six floors worth of weight on the 24th Floor then seven floors worth of weight on the 23rd Floor, etc., etc. until entire building collapses as did the WTC.
Since it is a concrete building, which I presume means it has weight-bearing concrete walls, it may better survive this hit than the WTC whose weight was supported by steel beams that weakened in the fire.