Oxygen generators responsible for Towers collapse?

[njslim]

I don't know if this has been discussed before - Since the failure points in
both towers were on the opposite side from the aircraft impact, the side
with the most intense fires I began wondering if Oxygen generators in the
aircraft debris fueled the fires. As the aircraft slid across the floors of the
buildings it acted as a giant plow scooping up anything in their path to
deposit it against the opposite wall from the impact. Solid oxygen generators
present on the plane would have been ignited and contributed to the fires
feeding it more oxygewn and increasing the intensity. The ValueJet crash
in the Everglades had been caused by a number of improperly shipped
oxygen generator in the aircraft cargo hold which ignited and set fuel to
other materials (including several aircraft tires) . Anybody else have an opinion on this???

 

[R.Mackey]

Yes, it's been considered, for instance here.

Quite possible for oxygen cylinders to have contributed to some flare-ups. Whether there's enough oxygen to have an effect significant with respect to the entire structure, that's not so certain. I personally doubt it. Hard to prove either way.

 

[beachnut]

I don't know if this has been discussed before - Since the failure points in
both towers were on the opposite side from the aircraft impact, the side
with the most intense fires I began wondering if Oxygen generators in the
aircraft debris fueled the fires. As the aircraft slid across the floors of the
buildings it acted as a giant plow scooping up anything in their path to
deposit it against the opposite wall from the impact. Solid oxygen generators
present on the plane would have been ignited and contributed to the fires
feeding it more oxygewn and increasing the intensity. The ValueJet crash
in the Everglades had been caused by a number of improperly shipped
oxygen generator in the aircraft cargo hold which ignited and set fuel to
other materials (including several aircraft tires) . Anybody else have an opinion on this???

I don't think they caused it, but the do burn a lot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i_l_ux3R-4

 

[jhunter1163]

They also may have accounted for some of those secondary explosions the Twoofers are so fond of.

 

[leftysergeant]

Might they also have generated some of the metal spherules as well?

I have to agree that they could have played a part in the secondary explosions, just by introducing high levels of O2 into the fuel-rich environment or by cooking off in the heat, or both.

They could also account for the reports of the police finding "suspicious objects."

How many people would have a clue what they were looking at if they found one of them suckers at a disaster scene? What would they probably conclude they have found?

Of such are urban legends born.

 

[MG1962]

When will it stop. First Godzilla, now the Towers. The oxygen generators have to be stopped I tell you

 

[AMTMAN]

They would have cooked off very quickly in a fire that intense. Also there are three per row in a 767, not enought to make any difference in the grand scheme of things. Did they contribute the fire, yes. Would it have made any difference if they had not been there, no.

 

[leftysergeant]

They could also explain the rapid spread of the class A fueled fires. The oxygen level inside the building would have otherwise been a bit lower after the initial deflagration of the jet fuel.