On september 11 2001 air traffic controllers in new york look out their window and witness a plane go into rapid descent and then hit the south tower of the world trade center.
What floor did the second plane hit the twin towers.
The1st plane hit the 101st floor and the second hit somewhere between the 95th and 100th the plane tilted so it hit more floors floors.
Flight 11 crashes at roughly 466 mph 790 km h or 219 m s or 425 knots into the north face of the north tower 1 wtc of the world trade center between floors 93 and 99 the aircraft enters the tower intact.
United airlines flight 175 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from logan international airport in boston massachusetts to los angeles international airport in los angeles california on september 11 2001 the boeing 767 200 operating the route was hijacked by five al qaeda terrorists and was deliberately crashed into the south tower of the world trade center in new york city.
Just 18 minutes later a second boeing 767 united airlines flight 175 hit near the 60th floor of the south tower.
The jet that hit the north tower flew in perpendicular to the tower s northeast face and impacted around the center of the 95th floor producing an impact gash that extended from the 92nd to the 98th floor.
The1st plane hit the 101st floor and the second hit somewhere between the 95th and 100th the plane tilted so it hit more floors floors.
Less than two hours after the first tower was hit at 9 59 am the south tower.
Most of the plane apparently lodged in the tower s core structure the only piece of aircraft to emerge from the opposite side being a.
It plows to the building s core severing all three gypsum encased stairwells dragging combustibles with it a powerful shock wave travels down to the ground and up again.
There are about 110 floors in the twin towers.