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NH Ethylene

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7. I think you are right.

Reply to lastlib (Reply #2)

Sat Sep 11, 2021, 01:05 PM

Sep 2021

I just read this, and see that the early story was revised as the facts came in:

Worried that the passengers would soon break through to the cockpit, the hijackers made the decision to crash the plane before reaching their final destination. At 10:02 a.m. a voice was recorded saying, “Yes, put it in it, and pull it down.” The airplane then rolled onto its back and plowed into an empty field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, at 580 miles per hour.

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I've always thought perhaps the plane was shot down. NH Ethylene Sep 2021 #1

I agree with you. dflprincess Sep 2021 #3

They didn't "agree to kill themselves in a nosedive." They tried to take back control of the plane JHB Sep 2021 #4

This makes sense. NH Ethylene Sep 2021 #5

Because Republicans were in charge, and controlling info Champp Sep 2021 #8

My understanding has always been that the struggle lastlib Sep 2021 #2

I think you are right. NH Ethylene Sep 2021 #7

Air National Guard Pilot Marc Sasseville, spoke yesterday about their flight plans irisblue Sep 2021 #6