In April of 2012, the Al Tayer tower in Sharjah, UAE burst into flames, crumbled and crashed to the ground flatter than a pancake. This was one of over 1,000 fires in Dubai with unknown causes; many of these fires were in skyscrapers.
The Al Tayer tower was not the last time such an incident occurred either. In November 2012, the Tamweel Tower in Dubai followed suit, and then the Al Hafeet tower in April 2013. Luckily, there were few casualties, but in all three cases, the entire tower was engulfed in flames. All of these occurrences had one thing in common: flammable aluminum facades.
First, why did the facades burn? According to the BBC, the origin of the problem is the aluminum catching fire – the facade consists of a combustible thermoplastic core between two sheets of aluminum (Law 2013). All it takes to ignite something inside the tower is a dropped cigarette or unattended barbecue (Law 2013), and the facades will be the next to go. When a fire starts, the core is the first to go, and then the aluminum can catch fire and melt (at 1220.581°F). Although melting is unlikely (as it require very high temperatures, aluminum begins to weaken at a mere 212°F (AluminumDesign.net), while the steel used in many high rise buildings such as China's Ping An Finance Center does not weaken until 797°F (Eagar, Musso 2001). Once the aluminum has begun to weaken, even if the metal itself is not yet burning, it is very easy for hot pieces of metal, burning chunks of plastic or other
Misinformation about the attacks on 9/11 does not end with people’s first-hand accounts being disregarded. According to Steven Jones, a former Physics Professor, super thermite was found in samples that he had taken of the dust in the World Trade Center a few weeks after the attack. Super Thermite or ST for short is a substance that is highly flammable and when mixed with paint, it is almost impossible to tell that it exists in the solution unless tested. When mixed, the heat that it produces burns at a blazing 2500 degrees F, more than 2 times the heat that burning jet fuel produces. Mr. Jones’s conclusion was that during the ongoing construction on the WTC, they might have mixed the
Smoke and flames were spewing out of gaping holes bored by American Airlines’ Boeing 767 that crashed between the 93 and 99 floors on the North face of the 110- story building. Each of the North Tower floors were roughly an acre. The top 20 floors engulfed in flames, he was staring at a 20- acre fire raging 90 stories above. He thought in his head that, This is the most unbelievable sight I’ve ever seen. Meldrum parked the fire truck on the West Street in front of the
It has been 16 years and we have yet to hear a case where skyscrapers collapse in the same manner that the twin towers did. Insiders have reported that the Twin Towers design was constructed so that smaller floors were on top, so how could the smaller floors destroy the bigger floors below them just by fire? In his book titled 9/11: The Simple Facts: Why the Official Story Can’t Possibly Be True, Arthur Naiman states two undeniable facts. First, he makes the statement that “Nothing ever falls into the path of greatest resistance.” Within this claim, Arthur compares the twin towers to a tree. If the top of a tree were to catch fire and burn directly downward through the trunk it may seem plausible. The twin towers contained over 80,000 tons of steel, which is way denser, making it impossible for the towers to fall evenly. His second claim is that “Fires don’t suddenly destroy entire buildings evenly and completely.” He supports this claim by stating that only artificial fires would burn an entire building symmetrically. Given that natural fires leave some objects out, not everything is destroyed. These inconsistencies are crucial in the explanation of the 9/11 conspiracy because they avoid using just theory, actual facts are presented that avoid
No steel-beam high-rise had ever before (or since) completely collapsed due to fires! However, such complete and nearly symmetrical collapses in tall steel-frame buildings have occurred many times before—all of them due to pre-positioned explosives in a procedure called “implosion” or controlled demolition. (22)
Two planes, American Airways flight 11 and United Airways flight 175 flew directly into the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City,both buildings were over one-hundred stories tall. The first plane crashed into the north tower at a speed of 440 mph, carrying 81 passengers. The fuel tanks were carrying over 9,500 gallons of jet fuel. The second plane hit the south tower flying 540 mph at 9:03 am, mere minutes after the first. It was much lighter considering it only carried 56 passengers and approximately 9100 gallons of jet fuel. The combined explosion caused both towers to burst into flames around the seventieth floor. Under two hours, both the north and south towers collapsed,
One of the main reasons why so many people died in the fire was because of the lack of regulations for buildings. For instance, the fire escape was too weak to hold large amounts of people and it collapsed, killing everyone on it. Some were even impaled by a metal fence down below. In addition to the weakness of the fire escape, it wasn’t even long enough to reach the ground safely. Regulations
The melting point of the steel used to construct the twin towers is 2750 degrees Fahrenheit (“The 11”). Steel loses about half, or 50 percent of its strength at 1200 degrees Fahrenheit and 90 percent of its strength at 1800 degree Fahrenheit, the jet fuel did not have to burn at 2750 degrees Fahrenheit (“The 11”). Many airplanes have very large amounts of aircraft aluminum in their wings, which is aluminum and magnesium mixed together which can burn at over 5610 degrees Fahrenheit (“The 11”). That 5610 degrees is more than enough to burn the Twin Towers down (“The 11”). The jet fuel, or kerosene, most likely only burned for the first ten minutes after the initial impact of the plane to the buildings (“The 11”). The Twin Towers did not burn down within the first ten minutes; therefore, the jet fuel was not the only source of fire (“The 11”). This research shows that there were several causes that ignited several different fires that caused the Twin Towers to fall and burn. The theorists cannot say that someone started a hotter fire because of all the other factors that played in the
The twin towers were the tallest buildings in the world with 110 stories. Everyday, 45,000 people walked to their work in the World Trade Centers. Little did the employees know, Tuesday, September 11, 2001 would be the last day they ever stepped foot in the buildings. At 8:46 a.m., the unthinkable happened. American Airline flight 11 hit the north tower of the World Trade Center. The plane burst into flames which started the tower on fire. Workers and visitors fled to
“The (WTC) collapse appeared to be similar to a controlled demolition” (Thomas, 07/08/2011). Many speculated that the towers were in fact blown down with explosives placed in selected locations. Some witnesses accounted hearing explosions inside the building as they attempted to escape the building. Many architects and scientists maintain that jet fuel cannot produce enough heat to melt the steel frame of the two buildings. There were no planes to hit building 7 of the trade center, but it was demolished in the same fashion as the twin towers were.
Let's push aside all the opinion based stuff and look at how the twin towers came tumbling down. When the towers were hit by the planes, the jet fuel caught fire, also burning all the
Imagine being at a dance concert and a fire happens in a split second. That is what happened in Oakland, California. On December 3, 2016 the fire kills at least 9 people and over a dozen injured. The heat from the fire was so intense it felt like your skin was melting. John Evanofski said, “ You could feel the heat of the flames.” All family members and friends waiting outside crying wondering about their loved ones inside. John Evanofski said, “Most of us were crying or unable to react. It was so hot and so terrible knowing that so many of us were still inside." Officials say that the death toll could go up to the dozens. Most of the victims were on the second floor because the fire started on the stairs and they couldn’t escape.
The structure of the building seams to have been compromised due to the fire however no report has been released as of this news article.
On September 11, 2001, the WTC7 structure was damaged by debris when the nearby North Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed. The debris ignited fires, which continued to burn through the afternoon on the lower floors of the structure.
On 9/11 when the planes hit the Twin Towers, there was an immense amount of fuel that was spilled down the internal walls of the buildings. The jet fuel was on fire and burning at
When a building is on fire, those inside expect that the structure will hold up long enough for a safe escape. In the twin towers, this did not hold true. On September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center, once a beacon for commerce and business was attacked by two hijacked planes. The explosion caused the jet fuel to ignite, sending fire through the buildings. Ineffective fireproofing led to a catastrophic amount of deaths and victims. In Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn’s 102 Minutes: The Unforgettable Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers, stories and statistics from first hand accounts help to prove that this is true. The greatest contributing factor to the loss of live on 9/11 was the ineffective fireproofing in the World Trade Center.