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Originally Posted by beemk
i think a b52 bomber is a little different than the plane that hit the world trade center, plus im sure the fuel alone did most of the damage when it exploded.
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It's a B-25 bomber, and of course it is different, granted the airliner used jet fuel. Plus, you would figure, building materials/engineering would have advanced a little bit from the time the empire state building was built (1930), to the time that the first tower was built (1966).
Jet A-1 (Boeing 757 Fuel)
Open air burning temperatures: 260-315 °C (500-599 °F)
Maximum burning temperature: 980 °C (
1796 °F)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_fuel
Melting Point of Steel: about
2,700 degrees Fahrenheit
http://wtc.nist.gov/pubs/factsheets/faqs_8_2006.htm