Fire sprinklers brought down the twin towers

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Re: Fire sprinklers brought down the twin towers

Post by boxy » Thu Sep 22, 2011 7:10 pm

Jovial Monk wrote:
"From other disasters and experiments carried out by the aluminium industry, we know that reactions of this sort lead to violent explosions."
http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/worl ... al-blasts/

May have contributed but the temperatures alone would have fatally weakened the steel beams where the aircraft hit. Not necessary for the metal to melt.
Given that the towers didn't seem to come down due to a sudden violent explosion (apart from the initial fuel explosion as the jets entered), but from an internal collapse, I don't see much merit in that theory.
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Re: Fire sprinklers brought down the twin towers

Post by Jovial Monk » Thu Sep 22, 2011 7:20 pm

With steel members weakened by heat, stuff like molten aluminium hitting water could have initiated small explosions that triggered the collapse.

Not saying it did, but better that than stupid conspiracy theories.

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Re: Fire sprinklers brought down the twin towers

Post by Plough » Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:52 pm

Jovial Monk wrote:With steel members weakened by heat, stuff like molten aluminium hitting water could have initiated small explosions that triggered the collapse.

Not saying it did, but better that than stupid conspiracy theories.
Seems reasonable enough to me. I aint no engineer but at east it explains to some degree why the towers collapsed.

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