9/11: A Boeing 757 Struck the Pentagon, page 82

The priest "looked out just as the plane clipped an overhead sign and then toppled a light pole, injuring a taxi driver a few feet away," recounts investigative author James Bamford in his new book A Pretext for War. "A second later, American Flight 77 smashed into the gray concrete wall of the Pentagon. The jet hit with such force that it penetrated four of the five concentric rings of corridors and offices surrounding a gazebo in the center court, long nicknamed Ground Zero." www.prisonplanet.com... " "I saw the plane at the Navy Annex area," he said. "I knew it was going to strike the building because it was very, very low -- at the height of the street lights. It knocked a couple down." The plane would have been seconds from impact -- the annex is only a few hundred yards from the Pentagon." As most know, the Pentagon lies at the bottom of two hills from the west with the east side being next to the river at 14th street bridge. One hill is at the Navy Annex and the other is Arlington Cemetery. The plane came up I-395 also known as Shirley Hwy. (most likely used as a reference point.) The plane had been seen making a lazy pattern in the no fly zone over the White House and US Cap. Why the plane did not hit incoming traffic coming down the river from the north to Reagan Nat'l. is beyond me. Strangely, no one at the Reagan Tower noticed the aircraft. Andrews AFB radar should have also picked up the aircraft I would think. Nevertheless, the aircarft went southwest near Springfield and then veered left over Arlington and then put the nose down coming over Ft Myer picking off trees and light poles near the helicopter pad next to building. It was as if he leveled out at the last minute and put it square into the building. The wings came off as if it went through an arch way leaving a hole in the side of the building it seems a little larger than the wide body of the aircraft. The entry point was so clean that the roof (shown in news photo) fell in on the wreckage. www.whatreallyhappened.com... I agree with what was said in an earlier post. They hit that side, because it was the only "open" side of the building. There were so many obstacles on the other sides, they couldn't be sure about hitting the building. This wall they hit had no parking structures, or trees, or anything else blocking it, so it was the easiest target. As far as the turn, all of that is quite easily controlled by the autopilot. You can control rate of descent, altitude, heading, etc all through the autopilot. It's simple to just turn dials and set everything that way. The entire flight, they only time they might have needed manual control would be to line up on the wall of the Pentagon. And even then they could have used autopilot to help hold altitude. I know this probably won't convince you, but it's one possible explanation.