September 11, 2001 in the United States suicide bombers terrorist organization Al-Qaeda captured four passenger aircraft, - towers of the World Trade Center, and the other two - to the Pentagon and, presumably, to the White House or the Capitol. All aircraft, except the last one, reached their targets. The fourth hijacked plane crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

The victims of the September 11 attacks, including 343 firefighters and 60 police officers. Not only US citizens were killed, but 92 other states. In New York, 2,753 people were killed, in the Pentagon - 184 people, 40 people crashed in Pennsylvania.

19 terrorists were also killed in the attacks, 15 of them were citizens Saudi Arabia, two - United United Arab Emirates, one for Egypt and one for Lebanon.

At 8:46 a.m. (local time hereinafter), an American Airlines Boeing 767 flying from Boston to Los Angeles crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center (WTC) on Manhattan Island in New York between the 93rd and 99th floors. On board were 81 passengers (including five terrorists) and 11 crew members.

At 9:03 a.m., a United Airlines Boeing 767 flying from Boston to Los Angeles crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center between the 77th and 85th floors. There were 56 passengers and nine crew members on board.

At 9:37 a.m., an American Airlines Boeing 757 flying from Washington to Los Angeles crashed into the Pentagon. There were 58 passengers and six crew members on board.

At 10:03 a.m., a United Airlines Boeing 757 flying from Newark, New Jersey to San Francisco, crashed into a field in southwestern Pennsylvania, near the city of Shanksville, 200 kilometers from Washington. There were 37 passengers and seven crew members on board.

As a result of a severe fire, the South Tower collapsed at 9.59, and the North Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed at 10.28.

At 18.16, the 47-storey building of the World Trade Center complex, located in close proximity to the WTC towers, collapsed. The fire started in it.

The exact amount of damage caused by the September 11 attacks is not known. In September 2006, US President George W. Bush announced that the damage from the September 11, 2001 attacks amounted to the lowest estimate for the United States.

On November 27, 2002, an independent commission to investigate the September 11 attacks (the 9/11 commission) was established in the United States. In 2004, she published the final report on the investigation into the circumstances of the tragedy. One of the main conclusions of the 600-page document was the recognition that the perpetrators of the attacks took advantage of the work of the US government and intelligence agencies.

Zacarias Moussaoui, a French citizen of Moroccan origin, is the only person convicted in the case of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. He was arrested in August 2001 after he graduated flight school in Oklahoma and trained on a Boeing 747 simulator in Minnesota. In April 2005, Moussaoui was found guilty of intent to commit a terrorist attack, which was supposed to be the fifth in a series of tragic events on September 11, 2001. On the personal instructions of Osama bin Laden, he was supposed to hijack the plane and go to ram the White House in Washington - about this terrorist.

In May 2006, by decision of the federal court of the city of Alexandria (Virginia), where the trial took place, Zacarias Moussaoui was sentenced.

Six others suspected of involvement in the attacks were arrested in 2002 and 2003, they spent several years in prisons of the CIA, and in 2006 at the American base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.

In February 2008, the US Department of Defense committed murder and war crimes as part of its investigation into the September 11 attacks.

The accusations were made against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who according to the 9/11 commission report is a central figure in the preparation of terrorist attacks in the United States; a native of Yemen, Ramzi Binalshiba (another spelling of Ramzi bin al-Sheba), who provided organizational support to the terrorists and transferred money to them; Mohammed al-Qahtani, who, according to investigators, on September 11, 2001, was to become another, the 20th hijacker of four American aircraft; as well as Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, Mustafa Ahmed Khawsawi (another spelling of Mustafa Ahmad Hausawi) and Waleed bin Attash.

Hearings in the case of those accused of involvement in organizing a terrorist act.

In March 2016, New York District Judge George Daniels issued a default judgment ordering Iran to pay $7.5 billion to the relatives and other members of those who died at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The judge determined that the Iranian authorities must pay another three billion to insurers who covered property damage and other material losses. Earlier, Judge Daniels ruled that Tehran could not prove its non-participation in assisting the organizers of the terrorist attack, in connection with which the Iranian authorities for the damage caused during it.

In September 2016, the US Congress passed a law allowing the heirs of the victims of the September 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia, whose citizens were most of the terrorists who carried out the attacks. Already in early October 2016, an American woman who lost her husband during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack filed the first lawsuit against Saudi Arabia. In March 2017, relatives of the victims in the United States. In April, it became known that more than two dozen U.S. insurance companies filed a lawsuit against two Saudi Arabian banks and companies associated with the Osama bin Laden family, as well as against several charities, totaling at least $ 4.2 billion in connection with the attacks.

On September 11, 2001, in the United States, al-Qaeda suicide bombers hijacked four passenger planes, the towers of the World Trade Center, and two others - the Pentagon and, presumably, the White House or the Capitol. All aircraft, except the last one, reached their targets. The fourth hijacked plane crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

The victims of the September 11 attacks, including 343 firefighters and 60 police officers. Not only US citizens were killed, but 92 other states. In New York, 2,753 people were killed, in the Pentagon - 184 people, 40 people crashed in Pennsylvania.

19 terrorists were also killed in the attacks, 15 of them were citizens of Saudi Arabia, two of the United Arab Emirates, one of Egypt and one of Lebanon.

At 8:46 a.m. (local time hereinafter), an American Airlines Boeing 767 flying from Boston to Los Angeles crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center (WTC) on Manhattan Island in New York between the 93rd and 99th floors. On board were 81 passengers (including five terrorists) and 11 crew members.

At 9:03 a.m., a United Airlines Boeing 767 flying from Boston to Los Angeles crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center between the 77th and 85th floors. There were 56 passengers and nine crew members on board.

At 9:37 a.m., an American Airlines Boeing 757 flying from Washington to Los Angeles crashed into the Pentagon. There were 58 passengers and six crew members on board.

At 10:03 a.m., a United Airlines Boeing 757 flying from Newark, New Jersey to San Francisco, crashed into a field in southwestern Pennsylvania, near the city of Shanksville, 200 kilometers from Washington. There were 37 passengers and seven crew members on board.

As a result of a severe fire, the South Tower collapsed at 9.59, and the North Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed at 10.28.

At 18.16, the 47-storey building of the World Trade Center complex, located in close proximity to the WTC towers, collapsed. The fire started in it.

The exact amount of damage caused by the September 11 attacks is not known. In September 2006, US President George W. Bush announced that the damage from the September 11, 2001 attacks amounted to the lowest estimate for the United States.

On November 27, 2002, an independent commission to investigate the September 11 attacks (the 9/11 commission) was established in the United States. In 2004, she published the final report on the investigation into the circumstances of the tragedy. One of the main conclusions of the 600-page document was the recognition that the perpetrators of the attacks took advantage of the work of the US government and intelligence agencies.

Zacarias Moussaoui, a French citizen of Moroccan origin, is the only person convicted in the case of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. He was arrested in August 2001 after graduating from flight school in Oklahoma and training in a Boeing 747 simulator in Minnesota. In April 2005, Moussaoui was found guilty of intent to commit a terrorist attack, which was supposed to be the fifth in a series of tragic events on September 11, 2001. On the personal instructions of Osama bin Laden, he was supposed to hijack the plane and go to ram the White House in Washington - about this terrorist.

In May 2006, by decision of the federal court of the city of Alexandria (Virginia), where the trial took place, Zacarias Moussaoui was sentenced.

Six others suspected of involvement in the attacks were arrested in 2002 and 2003, they spent several years in prisons of the CIA, and in 2006 at the American base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.

In February 2008, the US Department of Defense committed murder and war crimes as part of its investigation into the September 11 attacks.

The accusations were made against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who according to the 9/11 commission report is a central figure in the preparation of terrorist attacks in the United States; a native of Yemen, Ramzi Binalshiba (another spelling of Ramzi bin al-Sheba), who provided organizational support to the terrorists and transferred money to them; Mohammed al-Qahtani, who, according to investigators, on September 11, 2001, was supposed to become another, the 20th hijacker of four American aircraft; as well as Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, Mustafa Ahmed Khawsawi (another spelling of Mustafa Ahmad Hausawi) and Waleed bin Attash.

Hearings in the case of those accused of involvement in organizing a terrorist act.

In March 2016, New York District Judge George Daniels issued a default judgment ordering Iran to pay $7.5 billion to the relatives and other members of those who died at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The judge determined that the Iranian authorities must pay another three billion to insurers who covered property damage and other material losses. Earlier, Judge Daniels ruled that Tehran could not prove its non-participation in assisting the organizers of the terrorist attack, in connection with which the Iranian authorities for the damage caused during it.

In September 2016, the US Congress passed a law allowing the heirs of the victims of the September 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia, whose citizens were most of the terrorists who carried out the attacks. Already in early October 2016, an American woman who lost her husband during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack filed the first lawsuit against Saudi Arabia. In March 2017, relatives of the victims in the United States. In April, it became known that more than two dozen U.S. insurance companies filed a lawsuit against two Saudi Arabian banks and companies associated with the Osama bin Laden family, as well as against several charities, totaling at least $ 4.2 billion in connection with the attacks.

In memory of the tragedy of September 11, 2001 (part 2)

2. Smoke pours from a hole in the wall and from the upper floors of the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York, after a collision with American Airlines Flight 11.

3. Flight 175 of United Airlines a second before the collision with the south tower of the World Trade Center. The north tower is already on fire.

4. An explosion in the south tower during a collision with United Airlines Flight 175 in New York, September 11, 2001. The plane crashed into a building at a speed of 945 km/h.

5. Collision of the aircraft with the south tower of the World Trade Center. There were 56 passengers on board (including 5 hijackers).

6. The explosion of 3800 liters of fuel remaining on board the aircraft during a collision with the south tower of the World Trade Center in New York.

7. Two women, holding each other, look at the World Trade Center buildings burning after the terrorist attack.

8. The burning twin towers are visible behind the Empire State Building.

9. A cloud of smoke from the WTC buildings in lower Manhattan. A USGS satellite image flying over the area around 9:30 am on Tuesday, September 11, 2001.

10. People hanging from the windows of the north tower of the World Trade Center after the attack.

11. A man jumps to his death from the north tower of the World Trade Center filled with smoke and flames.

12. A man jumps from the upper floors of the burning north tower of the World Trade Center.

13. A man jumps from the north tower of the World Trade Center.

14. Security camera at the Pentagon captured the explosion caused by a collision with a hijacked American Airlines plane with 58 passengers and 6 crew members on board, September 11, 2001.

15. Flame and smoke escape from the Pentagon building after the explosion.

16. Firefighters extinguish the Pentagon after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

17. Medics provide assistance to the victims near the Pentagon, after a hijacked airliner crashed into the southwest corner of the building.

18. The wall of the Pentagon after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

19. Smoke pours from the towers of the World Trade Center after two hijacked planes crashed into them during a terrorist attack on New York.

20. At 9:59 am on September 11, 2001, 56 minutes after the collision, the south tower of the World Trade Center begins to collapse.

21. The south tower of the World Trade Center is collapsing, and the debris is burying nearby streets.

22. Police officers and pedestrians run for cover during a terrorist attack in New York.

23. People covered with dust walk through the rubble near the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001.

24. Maru Stahl from Somerset, Pennsylvania, shows a picture he took of the crash site of United Airlines Flight 93. The plane crashed near Shanksville, and Stahl, hearing the explosion, headed to the crash site and took a picture before rescuers cordoned off the area. The plane crashed in Pennsylvania shortly after the New York attacks.

25. Aerial photograph of the crash site of Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, taken by the FBI on September 12, 2001. The Boeing 757 was flying from Newark, New Jersey to San Francisco when it made a sharp turn near Cleveland and crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. 44 people died. This aircraft was one of four that were part of the 9/11 attack plan, and the only one that did not reach its target.

26. Firefighters and rescuers investigate the crash site of Flight 93 near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

27. At 10:28 am on September 11, 2001, 102 minutes after the plane collided with her, the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York collapses.

28. The collapse of the WTC tower on September 11, 2001 in New York.

29. A photo of the New York City Police Department shows how ash and smoke are carried over Manhattan during the collapse of the north tower of the World Trade Center.

30. Dust, smoke and debris fill the air during the fall of the WTC tower on September 11, 2001 in New York.

31. Dust, smoke and ash shroud neighboring buildings after the fall of both WTC towers on September 11, 2001 in New York.

32. People leave the collapsed towers, fleeing the smoke and dust. As a result of the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 in New York, both 110-story towers of the World Trade Center collapsed.

33. The north tower of the World Trade Center turns into a cloud of dust and debris half an hour after the fall of the south tower on September 11, 2001. Photo taken from Jersey City, New Jersey, across the Hudson River.

34. People make their way through the rubble near the ruins of the World Trade Center September 11, 2001 in New York.

35. A priest helps people after the fall of the WTC towers in New York on September 11, 2001.

36. People cover their faces from the dust, crossing the Brooklyn Bridge to get away from the cloud of dust and smoke that covered Manhattan after the attacks.

37. People on the street next to the twin towers September 11, 2001.

38. A sheriff's assistant assists a woman who was injured during the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York.

39. A man sobs as he watches the fall of the WTC tower in New York on September 11, 2001.

40. A firefighter rests on a bench in lower Manhattan while working on the site of the fall of the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001.

41. Construction debris and ashes from the fall of the WTC towers as a result of a terrorist attack fill the streets of Manhattan, turning the view of the city into a picture of the Apocalypse. Buildings collapsed, burying thousands of people under the rubble.

42. A fireman calls for help from rescuers to dismantle the wreckage of the World Trade Center. The picture was taken on September 15, 2001.

43. The chassis of one of the hijacked aircraft lies on the street next to the destroyed buildings of the World Trade Center in New York, September 11, 2001.

44. Firefighters in search of survivors under the rubble of the Twin Towers after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

45. Light barely breaks through the clouds of smoke and ash at the site of the collapse of the WTC towers.

46. ​​New York firefighters put out the building 7 of the World Trade Center, destroyed along with the twin towers during the September 11, 2001 attacks.

47. A group of firefighters near the ruins of the south tower of the World Trade Center in New York, September 11, 2001.

48. Debris covers the rails in the tunnel of the New York subway on lines 1 and 9 of Cortland Street station under the WTC. The damage was so severe that more than one mile of the tunnel had to be repaired, according to New York city transport officials.

49. Rescuers conduct a search and rescue operation, descending under the rubble of the World Trade Center on Friday, September 14, 2001.

50. A man stands in the ruins of the WTC towers and tries to call the survivors, asks if anyone needs help.

The terrible tragedy that occurred on September 11, 2001 claimed the lives of a huge number of people. 2973 people died, and this, you see, is a significant figure.

Preceded by the capture of four aircraft bound for California and eastern part USA. The tanks of the aircraft were full, so we can say that they turned into guided missiles.

At 8:45, one of the planes, a Boeing 767, crashed into the North Tower. 92 on board (11 crew members, 5 terrorists and 76 passengers). The plane crashed into the gap between the 93rd and 99th floors. The fuel that flared up in the tank rushed down in a column of fire, killing even those people who were in the foyer. At 10:29 a.m., the burning building collapsed, burying a huge number of people with it. The number of the plane that crashed into the twin towers is AA11.

At 09:03, a plane also crashed into the South Tower, it was the second Boeing 767. The blow fell on the gap between the 77th and 81st floors. There were 65 people on board the plane (5 terrorists, 9 crew members and 54 passengers). At 9:59 local time, the burning building collapsed. The aircraft number is UA175.

There were two more planes. One of them struck the Pentagon at 9:40. 184 people died. And the last fell in the forest of Pennsylvania, not far from Pittsburgh. It was possible to look at the records from the so-called "black box". It became clear that the terrorists dived down when the resisting passengers tried to break into the cockpit. There were 44 people on board.

According to journalists, some passengers were able to call their relatives from the hijacked planes. People reported about terrorists: there were 4 people on one board, 5 on the others. It is believed that these data were deliberately fabricated by the FBI, because there was one call that caused great distrust. The mother's son called and when she picked up the phone, he said: "Mom, it's me, John Smith." Agree, it is unlikely that he would actually start a conversation with the introduction of his last name.

None of those on board survived. 274 people died on board the planes (terrorists are not counted), 2602 people in New York (both on the ground and in the towers), 125 people in the Pentagon.

It wasn't just the twin towers that suffered. Another five buildings were either destroyed or badly damaged. A total of 25 buildings were damaged and 7 had to be demolished.

What are the consequences of this terrible tragedy? Two skyscrapers and an adjacent wing of the Pentagon were destroyed. About three thousand people died. The New York Stock Exchange has suspended its work for two days. The area adjacent to the site of the tragedy was completely strewn with ashes. The president declared the attack served the US with Afghanistan and then with Iraq.

The tragedy received national status, and the news of it flew through the whole world in a matter of seconds. No wonder the terrorists chose these buildings, because the twin towers were the pride of the United States.

The towers were built in the 60s, at which time the prestige of America was shaken. It was decided to build something gigantic, grandiose, stunning in order to restore people's optimism and faith in themselves and the future. No one imagined that the "project of the century" would turn into the main "tragedy of the century."

On September 11, 2001, a series of terrorist attacks were carried out in the United States, which resulted in the death of 2977 people. According to the official version, the devastating attacks were carried out by members of the al-Qaeda* group, but there are facts that can refute the generally accepted point of view.

Fast Version

This is the official version of what happened. Early on the morning of September 11, 2001, four passenger Boeings were hijacked mid-air by Arab terrorists. The hijackers were armed only with clerical knives and gas cartridges. Two aircraft attacked the twin towers of the World Trade Center, located in the southern part of Manhattan, the third plane was sent to the Pentagon building, the fourth did not reach the Capitol and crashed in the middle of a field in Pennsylvania.

This version was formed just a few days after the tragedy, and the American government has not changed it again. Such hasty conclusions suggest that Washington was preparing for this in advance.

We have already encountered a situation where the White House "knew for sure" that Saddam Hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction, Muammar Gaddafi was sponsoring international terrorism, and Bashar al-Assad was using chemical weapons.

None of these allegations have ever been substantiated. However, these suspicions have become a pretext for the US-sanctioned use of military forces in Iraq, Libya and Syria. It is expected that after the events of September 11, the Americans stepped up military operations in Afghanistan.

Immediately after the explosions, the head of Al Qaeda * Osama bin Laden declared his non-involvement in the attacks. Unusual behavior for a man who has always been happy to take responsibility for the terrorist attacks he was involved in. Later, bin Laden nevertheless admitted his involvement in the events of September 11, however, according to some, this was a person only similar to the leader of Al Qaeda *.

Strange destruction

Probably, not everyone knows that during the attack on New York, three buildings of the World Trade Center (WTC) collapsed. In addition to the well-known twin towers No. 1 and No. 2, there was also a skyscraper No. 7. The government commission set up to investigate the events of September 11 preferred to keep silent about this fact. House number 7 is a 47-story high-rise, noticeably inferior to its twin brothers in growth.

In particular, it housed the New York branch of the CIA headquarters. This building avoided being hit by an aircraft, but by 5 pm it collapsed in the same way as the twin towers.

According to authorities, the cause of the collapse of the building was burning fragments that fell on it from collapsing skyscrapers, as well as the ensuing fire. However, WTC buildings numbered 3, 4, 5 and 6 were much closer to the towers, and they all survived. Maybe the fall of the 7th house had another reason?

As for the twin towers, researchers are still concerned about a curious question: why did not only the upper floors of the building collapse, but also the lower ones? The official version is inexorable: when the building was destroyed, the top carried away the rest of it.

However, here too there is a problem. Parts of the tower structure did not fall in different directions, but formed right under the base, like a house of cards.

The designers of the World Trade Center unanimously declare that when building skyscrapers, the possible hit of an aircraft was taken into account, as is the case with all skyscrapers. If a catastrophic scenario does occur, then, they say, it cannot lead to devastating consequences of this magnitude.

The footage of the disaster clearly shows that the planes crash into buildings in completely different ways: the liner “entered” the northern tower right in the center, the southern one at an acute angle, cutting off the edge of the skyscraper. At the same time, the destruction of the towers was surprisingly uniform and symmetrical, as in a prepared explosion. And then a strange thing happens: the south tower, less affected by the explosion, collapses first, and only half an hour later the north tower falls, where the consequences of the disaster should have been more impressive.

Experts analyzed the video of the collapse of the towers and almost unanimously stated that this is how the industrial demolition of buildings takes place. And indeed, if you carefully look at the slow-motion footage of the disaster, you can see how explosive waves run through the entire height of the building at equal distances - as if a pre-laid charge had detonated.

Here are two more facts that will make you think. Shortly before the attack, the floors into which the planes subsequently flew were closed for repairs. And a few weeks before the tragedy, the owner of the twin towers, Larry Silverstein, insured them for $ 3 billion, and insurance against terrorist attacks was prescribed as a separate item.

Electoral fire

According to the official conclusions, hundreds of thousands of tons of steel structures melted in a monstrous fire, and hundreds of tons of concrete were erased into dust.

Is it possible that ignited aviation kerosene, the combustion temperature of which is less than 1000 ° C, caused hardened steel to “tremble”, which melts at no less than 2000 ° C. At the same time, there was a critical loss of strength of 50 massive load-bearing beams at once, which is possible only if the fuel is evenly spilled over all areas of the floor.

As a result of the explosions, charred and unrecognizable body particles remained from the passengers of both Boeings. Meanwhile, the passport of Mohammed Atta, one of the hijackers, which became one of the main pieces of evidence in favor of the guilt of al-Qaeda *, turned out to be completely unscathed. According to the commission, the document miraculously survived a powerful explosion, fell out of the plane and landed safely near the building.

The US government was in such a hurry to come to the right conclusion that it was not even going to pay attention to such incidents. Further more.

The Commission of Inquiry announced the identification of some of the passengers and crew members of the aircraft by the "remains of DNA." And this is after the fire actually completely destroyed the body of the liner, made of aircraft-grade aluminum resistant to high temperatures.

It is curious that despite the “remnants of DNA” preserved in a fantastic way, the black boxes were recognized as completely destroyed by fire. Looking at this, it only remains to believe that the fire acted selectively, completely not guided by the laws of the physical world.

No trace

The third hijacked Boeing, flying American Airlines Flight 77, crashed into the Pentagon, according to official figures. In order to inflict the most sensitive damage to the building and people, the terrorists sent the liner along the lowest possible trajectory. It is known that the height of the Boeing 757 is 13 meters, the Pentagon - 24 meters.

Based on this, the final kilometers of the flight of the liner had to pass at a height of only a few meters above the ground, which is an almost impossible task for pilots who have just completed express courses.

Moreover, such a maneuver was absolutely unjustified, since, according to many experts, it would not lead to such damage as when falling at an angle. In this case, it would be difficult even for an inexperienced pilot to miss, given the impressive area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe Pentagon - 117,363 sq.m. It turns out that the terrorists, who carefully planned the attack, chose a more complicated and less effective path.

However, the main incident is ahead. Independent researchers who studied photographs of the disaster were alerted by the fact that the Boeing did not leave traces of the wings when it hit the building. Their fragments were not found nearby either. Moreover, even inside the destroyed section of the building there were no hints of aircraft fragments. According to official conclusions, they were all destroyed by a powerful explosion and fire, which is very doubtful.

All of these facts suggest another reason for the destruction in the Pentagon - a planned explosion. But if we assume that the Boeing 757 did not crash into the Pentagon, where did the car itself disappear with the passengers and crew of this ill-fated flight?

As for the fourth "Boeing", which did not reach the Capitol and crashed in the fields of Pennsylvania, then it is the least of all questions. However, there are still inconsistencies. Authorities claim the ground impact was the cause of the deaths, but no significant number of aircraft fragments have been found at the alleged crash site. Eyewitnesses say that the wreckage was scattered for many kilometers. According to the assumption of researchers who do not share the official point of view, the liner could have been hit in the air by a rocket fired from a fighter.

The official version reads: passengers, by contacting mobile phones with family, learned that two planes had already crashed into buildings in Manhattan and decided to prevent the plans of the hijackers. It was as a result of the struggle ensued on board that the plane went off course and went into a steep dive. However, experts argue that the ability to use cellular communication in flight appeared only in 2005.

Avoid inconsistencies

Everything in this story is alarming, including the behavior of top American officials. For example, President George W. Bush for a long time ignored the invitation to speak before Congress, but when he agreed to a meeting, he set conditions that seemed incomprehensible at first glance. He insisted on limiting the conversation in time - no more than an hour and the obligatory invitation to the event of Vice President Dick Cheney. At the request of the head of the White House, only two people were to be present from the commission investigating the tragedy.

After a long debate, it was still possible to agree on the participation of 10 members of the commission and remove the time limit. During the meeting, everyone expected to hear from the president exhaustive, and most importantly, reliable information about what had happened, but everything turned out to be much more complicated. Bush did not allow the meeting to be videotaped, audiotaped, or even transcribed. In addition, Bush and Cheney refused to take an oath that could assure listeners of the veracity of what was said.

In April 2004, the performance finally took place. However, to this day it is not known what Bush and Cheney said to the congressmen. Many draw attention to the absurdity of this situation. It looks like this if one witness agreed to speak in court only in the presence of another witness. Why is this needed? Probably in order to avoid inconsistency in testifying.

Every year, the belief grows stronger in the world that the attacks were planned by the US intelligence agencies in order to justify the actions of the US military in the Middle East. But it is premature to draw final conclusions. So far, we can say with certainty only the following: if the US authorities did not stage the attacks themselves, then at least they did not interfere with their planning.

* Al-Qaeda is a terrorist group, banned in the territory of the Russian Federation