One of the common claims of proponents of the the 9/11 “controlled demolition” conspiracy theory is that people hear “explosion-like” sounds, and hence the buildings must have been demolished by explosives.
Besides the rather obvious lack of any recording of things that sound like normal controlled demolition, the main objection to this theory is that “explosion-like” sounds were entirely to be expected on that day. These would be in categories
- The initial plane impacts and subsequent fuel/air explosions
- Things falling and impacting the ground or other buildings
- Things heating up and exploding
- Structure members failing
- The actual collapses ... Read even more
