In total 630 people died in that tower, fewer than half the number killed in the North Tower.
(having burned for 56 minutes in a fire caused by the impact and the aircraft fuel) while many people were still inside. The crashed caused the collapse of the South tower at 9:59 a.m. All the 65 people onboard were killed instantly. It crashed into the South Tower at 9:02:59 a.m. The Boeing 767-222 took off from Boston, Massachusetts to Los Angeles, California. September 11th attacks in 2001 – Videos of the Boeing 767 from United airlines that hit the second tower of the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York. The left engine then struck a coral reef, slowing that side of the aircraft quickly, causing the Boeing 767 to violently spin left and break apart.ġ22 of the 172 people on board were killed, along with the hijackers. The plane left engine and wingtip struck the water first. The pilot tried to ditch the aircraft in shallow waters 500 metres off the coast. A fight with the hijackers prevented the crew to land on Comores aiport. The pilot secretly headed for the Comoro Islands, which lie midway between Madagascar and the African mainland. The pilot explained they had only taken on the fuel needed for the scheduled flight and thus could not even make a quarter of the journey, but the hijackers did not believe him.
The plane was hijacked by three Ethiopians seeking political asylum in Australia, and asking the crew to fly to Australia. This Boeing 767-260ER belonging to Ethiopian Airlines was en route from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Nairobi, Kenya, on November 23rd 1996.
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