| ▲ | shiroiushi 3 days ago |
| That's because you can't really drive trains into buildings, and while you could technically do it with a bus, it's not that feasible nor that damaging. Flying a huge intercontinental airliner fully loaded with fuel into a building is quite different. There's very good practical reasons the terrorists chose airplanes and not trains or buses. |
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| ▲ | abdullahkhalids 3 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| That is already completely mitigated by the fact that cockpit is sealed now days, so hijackers cannot kill/disable the pilots and take over. |
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| ▲ | actionfromafar 10 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Also passengers will fight back now. Before 911, the advice was, stay calm and do what the hijackers tell you to do. And things would work out for the most part. | |
| ▲ | shiroiushi 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | That door isn't invincible: the pilots have to go to the toilet sometime. |
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| ▲ | tokai 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Rail related terrorism is not uncommon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_in... |
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| ▲ | shiroiushi 3 days ago | parent [-] | | Some of those were at train stations, not in trains. The same type of terrorism would work any place you find dozens or hundreds of people in close proximity. The whole reason the terrorists in all these incidents targeted trains or train stations is because a somewhat-large number of people were gathered there. If you want to destroy skyscrapers (and maybe kill thousands or tens of thousands in the process), and not just murder a few dozen people, train-related terrorism isn't going to work for you. |
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