9/11 - 2nd Plane misses it's target

What if, like what happened with United Airlines 93, the passengers of Flight 175 (2nd plane) revolted at the very last minute and managed to get into the cockpit. The passengers attack the hijackers and during the struggle manage to not hit the south WTC but the plane is already speeding in Manhattan and plunges into the city of NY instead. What effects does this have on the general public in this timeline?
 

shiftygiant

Gone Fishin'
The second tower would either be bought down by the first towers collapse greatly weakening the foundations, or as part of a controlled demolition because of how weak and fragile the foundations have become.

I suppose the effect would be that more people could escape and live.

But where does the Second Plane go?

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Now as we can see from this Wikipedia map, the plane is heading North. If the passengers are able to take control at the last moment and swerve the plane to its right, narrowly missing the tower, it's going to come down at in the Civil Center, Lower East side, or at a push East Village. Assuming that the plane comes down in the Lower East Side, that plane is crashing into a population of some 217,063 people, with 109,628 Per Square Mile. I don't think I have to say how devastating a Boeing 767 crash into an area with that population density would be, especially at 9AM.
 

Archibald

Banned
I've mentionned it various times on this forum: the second aircraft that crashed into WTC nearly hit Midex 7, another airliner in approach above La Guardia airport

There would be a major difference, that is, visual (and psychological and media)impact.

First aircraft took everybody by surprise (except the Naudet brothers)

Third aircraft - into the Pentagon - also took everybody by surprise and only a crappy surveillance camera caught it

As for the fourth aircraft - it crashed in the middle of nowhere, so no image either.

But the second aircraft (into the WTC) was caught on tape by all medias that were filming the other tower and the other impact. It is the true, iconic, and terrifying picture of 9/11

If that aircraft crashes over la Guardia - no picture either, or not as terrifying as OTL second crash. Psychologically-wise it is only seen as a midair collision, something that, unfortunately, happened before.

To make a long story short: if the second aircraft miss its target, you lose 9/11 most psychological impact
 
Maybe if approaches from a different angle it could also crash into tower 1. Now that would be an interesting change. Maybe tower 1 collapses right after the second plane hits it, causing much more deaths.
 
In order to line up with Tower 2, Flight 175 had to perform a tight turn at low altitude. Perhaps the hijackers flub the turn and stall the plane, causing it to nose into the ground short of the target.
 
Without the raw footage of a plane hitting the tower, 9/11 conspiracy theories might gain more ground compared to OTL.
 
Without the raw footage of a plane hitting the tower, 9/11 conspiracy theories might gain more ground compared to OTL.

What conspiracy theories though? I mean the newscopters and others will film and photograph a giant hole in WTC 1? What else could it have hypothetically been? A missile? That's just ridiculous. They'll also be too many eyewitnesses disproving it was an internal explosion, since I have no clue how one could be oblivious to the smell of jet fuel, the sound of jet engines, and other evidence of a plane.

Regardless of the conspiracy theories, first off there's going to be more confusion on whether it was an accident or not, ( miloseconds after the second plane it everyone knew it was on purpose) between WTC and the Pentagon, so it's going be a hell lot more hectic.
 
What conspiracy theories though? I mean the newscopters and others will film and photograph a giant hole in WTC 1? What else could it have hypothetically been? A missile? That's just ridiculous. They'll also be too many eyewitnesses disproving it was an internal explosion, since I have no clue how one could be oblivious to the smell of jet fuel, the sound of jet engines, and other evidence of a plane.

You underestimate the tenacity of truthers.
 
In order to line up with Tower 2, Flight 175 had to perform a tight turn at low altitude. Perhaps the hijackers flub the turn and stall the plane, causing it to nose into the ground short of the target.

Check the images taken on that turn. If they had turned to hard they would have missed the target. Question is, what happens if they miss? If the plane continue to fly and not crash the highjackers might execute a turn and turn into the building. And that turn will be shown live on TV.
 
The problem is the passengers of Flight 175 do not have the time to realize this is not a normal hijacking, react to the news and formulate a response.

Flight 93 was delayed, giving the passengers time to get news about what was happening in New York and Arlington.
 
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