I agree with the tenor of argument of "Twistedeng."
Yesterday, I was given a copy of "Airliner World" and it provided a superb account and analysis of the events of Sept. 11, from which I repeat the following statistics. Nothing new, no fresh angle, but it is worth considering the passenger load statistics immediately prior to the terrorist acts.Let us consider the loads on the highjacked flights.
UA175, B767, Boston -Los Angeles, 56 pax.
AA011, B767, Boston -Los Angeles, 81 pax.
UA093, B757, Newark -San Francisco, 38 pax.
AA077 ,B757, Dulles -Los Angeles, 58 pax.
Remember these figures include the several highjackers on board each aircraft .
You will note that on that morning at least there was significant over-capacity.
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