Almost 10 years have passed since the September 11 tragedy, but there are still more questions than answers about the circumstances of one of the worst disasters in US history
The journalists of the British television and radio company BBC, taking into account the opinions of supporters of the conspiracy theory, tried to answer the most common questions related to the collapse of the Twin Towers. Why were some of the most powerful air forces in the world unable to intercept 4 hijacked aircraft that subsequently attacked the World Trade Center towers?Conspiracy theorists say: Dick Cheney, who was Vice President of the United States in 2001, ordered the military to retreat and let planes flying to New York pass. Official point of view: the armed hijacking of four aircraft simultaneously was force majeure for the US Air Force. The military could not believe that this could have happened and several times rechecked the information received that day. In addition, special sensors were disabled in the hijacked planes, as a result of which the airliners with terrorists on board disappeared from the radar of the US military. British journalists: New York air security that day was controlled by almost trainees, as the main force of the Air Force was involved in the exercises. That is why, at the beginning of September 2001, communication between civil and military aviation was extremely poor. Plus equipment,which was used by the American Air Force 10 years ago, was developed during the Cold War and has long been outdated. Why did the Twin Towers collapse so quickly, just an hour after the top floors of one of the skyscrapers caught fire?
Conspiracy theorists say: The Twin Towers were mined even before the attack. Argumentation: skyscrapers began to collapse too quickly - literally 10 seconds after the attack. In addition, many eyewitnesses said that they heard the sounds of explosions even before the first plane crashed into one of the buildings.
Official point of view: The planes attacking the skyscrapers damaged the supporting structures of the buildings, which led to the rapid collapse of buildings.
British journalists: Usually, controlled demolition of a building starts with the demolition of the foundation of the building, and never with the destruction of the upper floors, as happened on September 11, 2001. Thousands of liters of jet fuel were splashed on the floors of skyscrapers after the attack, which led to an immediate fire. In addition, the architecture of the skyscrapers was not designed for such heavy loads. No evidence was found that the buildings were damaged prior to the attack.