and you'll see this plane posed very little threat.
The nutcase kicked out the pilot and immediately took off, so he didn't have time to load anything dangerous on the plane.
The plane is a motorglider. It's both lightweight and slow. Plug that into the kinetic energy equation (KE = 1/2mv^2) and you'll see it posed very little threat.
Light planes aren't nearly as solid or robust as cars. Had he flown the plane into a building, the wings would've snapped off on impact. The fuselage is composite and would've crumpled, absorbing even more energy. There wasn't much fuel on board (maximum capacity is only about 21 gallons), so there wouldn't be a lot to burn. He would've done even less damage than that kid's Cessna 172 last year (heavier and more fuel), and all that did was break out a window and trash a single office.
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Look at the formula for kinetic energy...