Airplanes are made up of almost 700,000 small parts riveted together into a flying tube. If it were a solid object then it would have made a much larger impact on the outer walls. There are very few solid or dense objects in an airplane.
Do you know why automobiles are designed with unibodies? Because it allows for crumple zones in the front, rear, and sides that absorb energy upon impact (thus lessening damage to occupants and other objects in the collision).
Google some images of major airline disasters. Look at some videos on YouTube. It's very rare anything large remains after substantial impact.
As I demonstrated above: if something the density of that locomotive hit the Pentagon what would you expect? The locomotive I showed you is 15' high (about the same as the hole in the Pentagon) and weighs twice that of the airplane that hit the Pentagon (which is why I only highlighted half of it).
The size of the airplane is irrelevent. It's too easy to think about it being a big chunk of flying steel because that's what we relate to when we see automobile crashes. A plane disintegrates upon impact because it's riveted and not welded.


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