There are about 110 floors in the twin towers.
What floor did the second plane hit the twin towers.
8 46am the first american airlines plane hit the north tower of the world trade center 9 03am just 20 minutes later a second plane crashed into the south tower 9 37am later a third plane.
Less than two hours after the first tower was hit at 9 59 am the south tower.
It plows to the building s core severing all three gypsum encased stairwells dragging combustibles with it a powerful shock wave travels down to the ground and up again.
On september 11 2001 air traffic controllers in new york look out their window and witness a plane go into rapid descent and then hit the south tower of the world trade center.
The1st plane hit the 101st floor and the second hit somewhere between the 95th and 100th the plane tilted so it hit more floors floors.
United airlines flight 175 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from logan international airport in boston massachusetts to los angeles international airport in los angeles california on september 11 2001 the boeing 767 200 operating the route was hijacked by five al qaeda terrorists and was deliberately crashed into the south tower of the world trade center in new york city.
Flight 11 crashes at roughly 466 mph 790 km h or 219 m s or 425 knots into the north face of the north tower 1 wtc of the world trade center between floors 93 and 99 the aircraft enters the tower intact.
The twin towers were hit on september 11 2001 photo by spencer platt getty images today marks 18 years since the world trade center in new york city was struck by two planes that were taken over.
There are about 110 floors in the twin towers.
The jet that hit the north tower flew in perpendicular to the tower s northeast face and impacted around the center of the 95th floor producing an impact gash that extended from the 92nd to the 98th floor.
