I personally don't believe the story of 8 guys who flew small planes can navigate passenger jets into buildings hundreds of miles away with that precision. It just doesn't make sense.I am wondering what the story surrounding the molten steel was, how could molten steel have been produced when fuel from the planes wasn't hot enough (it melts at 2850 degrees)?
that's just it: there wasn't very much molten steel for the very reason you point out. Jet fuel burns at 800° to 1500°F. This is not hot enough to melt structural steel. However, engineers say that for the World Trade Center towers to collapse, their steel frames didn't need to melt, they just had to lose some of their structural strength. Steel will lose about half its strength at 1,200 degrees F. The steel will also become distorted when heat is not a uniform temperature. after the collapse, a LOT of folks took a look at the remains. the result was the conclusion that the fire caused the central core of the building to weaken. When the floors collapsed one on top of the other, the weight was too much for the weaked core to bear, causing the result we are all familiar with. hope this helps
