An interview with airline pilot Patrick Smith

[William Seger]

Conspiracy theorists often claim that the 9/11 hijackers were not skilled enough to fly airliners towards their intended targets. We have already shown that the vast majority of airline pilots have a completely opposite opinion. To delve further into this matter, we have asked professional pilot Patrick Smith for his point of view.

Patrick Smith is an airline pilot with more than twenty years of experience. He currently flies Boeing 757s and 767s. He is the host of the well-known Ask The Pilot website and author of the book Cockpit Confidential: Questions, Answers, and Reflections.

As you will read below, Smith shatters this conspiracy myth and shows once again that conspiracism is based on false information spread by incompetent people.

We thank Patrick Smith for his kindness and willingness to share his thoughts.

Undicisettembre: In your opinion, were the hijackers skilled enough to do what they did?

Patrick Smith: I think they were skilled enough to do what they needed to do. Their intentions obviously were very specific and relatively simple, from a flying perspective, and only a certain amount of skill was necessary.
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