ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoAftermath of a B-25 Bomber flying into the Empire State Building, 1945i.redd.itimagemessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1421file-text
arrow-up1421imageAftermath of a B-25 Bomber flying into the Empire State Building, 1945i.redd.itProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square63fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareprolelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 months 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_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months 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