Yeah and the actual pilots got the hard parts out of the way, of starting up the plane, navigating the airport, communicating with ATC, and taking off. "he could not fly at all" means jack shit when the goal is to crash the plane

[–] Spike@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago

If anything, being unable to fly is exactly why the plane crashed

[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Hijackers flew skilfully to targets, experts say

"They almost had to hit the towers like they were threading the eye of a needle," said Michael Barr, director of aviation safety programs at the University of Southern California and a former Air Force fighter-bomber pilot.

Flight trainer flunked 2 9/11 hijackers

“It was like ‘Dumb and Dumber'."

[–] panopticon@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Neither of his former students was ultimately able to obtain a pilot’s license and both ended up as two of the four muscle men aboard American Airlines Flight 77, threatening the crew and passengers with box cutters and knives, while another terrorist, Hani Hanjour, flew the Boeing into the Pentagon

another terrorist, Hani Hanjour, flew the Boeing into the Pentagon

[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And another would-be terrorist who was part of this plot decided to just abandon it and head back home because he got bored.

I'm not sure if there's any analysis of the proficiency of the terrorists who flew the planes into the buildings out there, nor how this was determined conclusively, because I haven't done a deep dive into the subject myself.

But what is important to understand is that this paints a picture of how professional, or rather how unprofessional, this operation was.

Other evidence that points in this direction is the movements of Mohammed Atta (and I believe one of his co-conspirators) on September 10th.

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

Atta, at least, could fly a plane.