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The United Airlines plane made a wide turn before flying low over the iconic bridge during the city's annual Fleet Week air show.
Chris McGinnis, a travel expert watching from a boat in San Francisco Bay, said: "I thought it looked pretty cool but I heard some grumbling among the crowd I was with about it." He said a "minor scuffle" broke out between people who liked it and others who said it reminded them of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Last year a terror scare was caused when the back-up plane to Air Force One and a fighter jet flew low over New York for a photo opportunity.
He said a "minor scuffle" broke out between people who liked it and others who said it reminded them of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Bang on!
Originally posted by CrimsonMoon
He said a "minor scuffle" broke out between people who liked it and others who said it reminded them of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Divide and conquer
Originally posted by sprtpilot
What do bridges have to do with "9/11"? Nothing, obviously.
Originally posted by PhoenixOD
One thing to note is just how slow the aircraft was going compared to the jets on Sept 11th. Some people have argued in the past that the air density at that altitude would be to much for a normal jet liner to travel at the speeds that the two jets did when they hit the towers without breaking off their wings