Flight 93 Crashing In A Field In Pennsylvania
Flight 93 crashed at the edge of a strip-mining quarry in rural Pennsylvania, about two miles due north of Shanksville, PA, in Stony Creek township.
Flight 93's high-speed, nose-down plunge into the loose fill of the reclaimed strip mine produced a broad deep crater with narrow tapering ends corresponding to the jetliner's wings.
We located the site of Flight 93's crash on a satellite map, using an photograph released as an exhibit as part of the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui. The impact crater borders a portion of Skyline Road -- a dirt road on the edge of the strip mine. We then estimated the position of the crater on a USGS quad map, which provides only a vague representation of Skyline Road.
Flight 93's high-speed, nose-down plunge into the loose fill of the reclaimed strip mine produced a broad deep crater with narrow tapering ends corresponding to the jetliner's wings.
We located the site of Flight 93's crash on a satellite map, using an photograph released as an exhibit as part of the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui. The impact crater borders a portion of Skyline Road -- a dirt road on the edge of the strip mine. We then estimated the position of the crater on a USGS quad map, which provides only a vague representation of Skyline Road.