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The initial damage to the Pentagon was a direct path that started with a single entrance wound, which was at maximum approximately 18 feet in diameter. That path continued through 6 steel-reinforced walls, and ended after piercing the exterior of the C-ring [third ring] with an approximate 10 foot exit hole. The Pentagon says that this hole was made by a piece of the landing gear.
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Photos that were taken of the facade after the immediate impact show little structural damage, and definitely do not represent the damage that one would think a 60-ton Boeing 757 would inflict at over 500 miles per hour. No damage from the massive wingspan. No extra holes for the 6 ton titanium turbine engines. And no damage above the 2nd floor which would've been made by the tail assembly.
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20 minutes after impact the entire 75 foot damaged section of the Pentagon fell, allowing the official report to claim that a commercial jetliner had done this huge amount of damage. Without seeing the pre-collapse photos and photos from the outer wall of the C-ring, one might believe that the official story is actually feasible. But that still wouldn't account for the lack of aircraft debris at the site. |
More on the Structural Damage of the Pentagon:
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READ Serendipity.li: Attack on The Pentagon ArchitectureWeek: Pentagon Battered But Firm
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