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Old 22nd Jan 2010, 01:43
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The larger point is the maneuverability of a commercial aircraft at high speeds, even if the aircraft could fly at that speed they would have been lucky to hit manhatten let alone the towers.

Also there is such a thing as a high speed stall, not 100 % but I am pretty sure this can happen at lower altitudes as well. It normall occurs at cruise. This happens basically when the center of lift moves aft of the wing.
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