When people talk about 9/11 and the planes being full of jet fuel, they make assumptions like, "of course it caused lots of fire, the planes were full of fuel".
Well that ain't so, no airline fly's around with constant full fuel tanks. The amount needed for the flight, a minimum required by law on landing, and enough to reach any divert airport is what's calculated.
So on 9/11 for a flight East coast to West (Bos/LAX) and after approx 1 1/2 hrs flying before impact, the aircraft would have had significantly less than full fuel onboard.
When people talk about 9/11 and the planes being full of jet fuel, they make assumptions like, "of course it caused lots of fire, the planes were full of fuel".
Well that ain't so, no airline fly's around with constant full fuel tanks. The amount needed for the flight, a minimum required by law on landing, and enough to reach any divert airport is what's calculated.
So on 9/11 for a flight East coast to West (Bos/LAX) and after approx 1 1/2 hrs flying before impact, the aircraft would have had significantly less than full fuel onboard.