I've always questioned the whole "calls from the planes" part of the stories from that day. I didn't think cell phones worked when up in the air on jets, at least not back in 2001. Can anyone provide a reasonable explanation of how it could have been possible back then?
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Nope. First call from an aircraft in the US was almost 8 to 10 years later and a big deal.
How did flight 93 people call and report that other aircraft had struck targets when they could not get news in flight? How did they know MORE than anyone on the ground at that time?
The only 3 steel building in history to fall due to fire all on the same day. 2 were 'hit by aircraft'. 1 building just had small fires. All beams were coated in asbestos.
Onboard phone could make that call, they worked off radio iirc
Onboard phones were years later.
Onboard phones were created in the '70s and certainly were on a bunch of planes in the '90s.
Ahh... The back of the seat Airfone
https://simpleflying.com/widebody-aircraft-seatback-phones/
Yeah I remember the onboard phones on jumbo jets in the early 90s.
There was onboard phones on high end luxury cars im the 80s, you think a commercial airliner in 2001 wont have one?
Apparently it was going to cost many millions to deal with the asbestos problem. I don't know what problems or if it was due to potential room remodeling or other work. Anyways, another reason to take them down. Plus the billions in insurance money.
There’s plenty of evidence of 9/11 being an inside job without you lying about phone calls from aircraft.
Not lying, questioning. If I have this misunderstanding then others do. Plenty of good corrective responses posted above.