Reply #69: Mysterious engine

[John Doe II]

The engine was only found btw on September 12. Till today I still haven't found any photo of it. That's why I even opened a thread for this.

You write:
FACT: Experts on the scene tell PM that a fan from one of the engines was recovered in a catchment basin, downhill from the crash site. Jeff Reinbold, the National Park Service representative responsible for the Flight 93 National Memorial, confirms the direction and distance from the crash site to the basin: just over 300 yards south, which means the fan landed in the direction the jet was traveling.

This is clear. The open field is EAST of the crash site. The plane officially came from the west. So everything is fine. (Can you just give me the source please)

But this is what I found:

While the FBI and other authorities have said the plane was mostly obliterated by the roughly 500 mph impact, they also said an engine -- or at least a 1,000-pound piece of one -- was found "a considerable distance" from the crater. Stuhl, the Shanksville mayor, said it was found in the woods just west of the crash.
http://web.archive.org/web/20011116093836/http://dailynews.philly.com/content/daily_news/local/2001/11/15/SHOT15c.htm

In the woods. This is WEST of the crash site and on the flight path. Hm.
And if it really was on the open field: Why took it more than one day to find it?