NIST releases report on Twin Towers collapse.(DEFENSE)

Advanced Materials & Processes,  June, 2005  

Tags: aircraft, NIST

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The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on April 5 presented its analysis of how the World Trade Center (WTC) towers collapsed after two aircraft were flown into the buildings by terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001. This is the most detailed examination of a building failure ever conducted.

"Like most building collapses, these events were the result of a combination of factors," said Shyam Sunder, lead investigator for the agency's building and fire safety investigation into the WTC disaster. "While the buildings were able to ...

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