Conspiracy V: American Airlines Flight 77

My opponent wanted me to touch on fewer points per round, and my lack of time also makes this desirable, so I will focus more this round on the points in #1. 1. Flight 77 A. Hijacking - My opponent did not address the key point which I brought forth: WHY would Capt. Burlingame have given up his plane since there was not a grave enough threat to warrant that? The motivation aspect of the pilot has not been shown to be congruent with what supposedly occurred. Also what about the ARMED air marshal? What was he doing? Surely they are trained in how to deal with these types of situations as that is their entire purpose for existing. I would think that a trained air marshal with a gun and training and the advantage of the terrorists not knowing who he was would be able to take out some terrorists armed with boxcutters or at least have taken some actions to hinder or stop the hijacking. So why did he supposedly do nothing to stop this "hijacking"? The source my opponent used (Official 9/11 Commission Report) has members who have conflicts of interest. The 9/11 Commission has earned the designation of the "Omission Commission" due to its refusal to even consider the vast body of evidence contradicting the official narrative of the attack. An important thing to remember about the 9/11 report was that it was a "unanimous report" which means any objections to anything were not reported. . http://www.ae911truth.org... . http://911research.wtc7.net... . http://beyondcomfortablynumb.blogspot.com... "The report deliberately ignores officials and civil servants who were, and still are, clearly negligent and/or derelict in their duties to the nation. If these individuals are protected rather than held accountable, the mindset that enabled 9/11 will persist, no matter how many layers of bureaucracy are added, and no matter how much money is poured into the agencies. Character counts. Personal integrity, courage, and professionalism make the difference. Only a commission bent on holding no one responsible and reaching unanimity could have missed that. " . http://www.scoop.co.nz... My opponent also raises the point about cell phones being used, this is also a debatable point. In fact there is no "hard" evidence that any of the doomed passengers made any cell phone call: it's all anecdotal. There are tremendous inconsistencies in the stories surrounding this phone call. . http://911review.org... Some questions I would pose would be: Why would Olson be the only one who made a telephone call? Also how could she use the Air Phone if she didn't have her credit cards with her? (The other possibility of making a collect call on her cell phone to her husband at a government office doesn't seem possible either. ) Also (See Reasons for Still Doubting the Olson Calls) . http://www.informationclearinghouse.info... B. Autopilot - At 9:29 a. m. September 11, 2001 the Autopilot on Flight 77 was disengaged. The plane was flying at 7,000 feet and about 38 miles west of the Pentagon. . http://www.historycommons.org... C. My opponent claims Hani had a "steady hand", but a made up cartoon animation can be made to look however it wants. "Aviation sources said the plane was flown with extraordinary skill, making it highly likely that a trained pilot was at the helm, possibly one of the hijackers. " There are many other problems with the animation that was created (12 listed on this site alone) for ex: 7. Why does your animation show a flight path north of the reported flight path? 8. Why are there no system indication of any impact with any object up to and after :44? 9. Why does the csv file and animation show a right bank when the official report requires a left bank to be consistent with physical damage to the generator? Etc. .. . http://www.pilotsfor911truth.org... "For a guy to just jump into the cockpit and fly like an ace is impossible - there is not one chance in a thousand," said [ex-commercial pilot Russ] Wittenberg, recalling that when he made the jump from Boeing 727's to the highly sophisticated computerized characteristics of the 737's through 767's it took him considerable time to feel comfortable flying. D. As to why the hijack code was not inputted my opponent replies that the transponder was turned off. The research I did on this seems to indicate that this is not an easy or obvious thing to do: "Someone even knew how to turn off the transponder, a move that is considerably less than obvious. " From the looks of the cockpit in the 757 (vs. the Cessna 172) it seems highly unlikely to me that an unskilled pilot would be able to find the button that did that. (see cockpit pictures at this source to see the differences in the complexity of the cockpits) C-D:. http://whatreallyhappened.com... But the main argument against this is that it only takes a couple seconds to do. "The action, which pilots should take the moment a hijack situation is known, only takes seconds to perform" . http://www.historycommons.org... So BEFORE the plane was taken over (supposedly) why wouldn't this code have been sent out? Sure, once the terrorists had control of the plane they possibly could have turned off the transponder (if they could figure out how to, which is also debatable), but BEFORE they had control of the plane how could they have done that? The transponder on/off switch is in the cockpit. I thank the readers and my opponent and look forward to next round.