TMZ Investigates: 9/11: The Fifth Plane (2023 TV Special) User Reviews

An interesting Investigation

[Nikki-D3 · 6/10 · 3 May 2023]

It's good there isn't enough evidence to 'prove' this was another Hijacked plane. On that day irrefutable proof meant a heavy loss of life. There is enough intuitive and collective observation along with potentially misplaced physical evidence and oddities that I found this informative. I would consider what was found in the pouch behind the 1st class seat on the United plane with 1 digit different # as real evidence. Especially considering the majority of passenger anomalies were occurring in 1st class on United 23. However, even if not on the wrong plane then we go down a darker road of how many planes could have been used for mass casualties that day? What unnerved me the most is the passenger on United 23 asking "If The White House had been hit" when 23 was being evacuated. If United 23 was meant for The White House there would be no reason to ask that question. That makes me think United 93 was indeed White House bound. On that morning, three of the four hijacked flights departed on schedule. However, Flight 93 was delayed more than 25 minutes due to heavy morning traffic. In theory the passenger who asked would of assumed the crew on United 23 would of known about United 93 by then because the potential hijacker would have known the "Scheduled Departure Time" but no way to know of the delays. So where would United 23 have been going? Add in the anomalies in the plane after the crew secured everything and evacuated and I'm hard pressed to come up with a different explanation. We will never know the truth in it's entirety from September 11th, 2001.

Pure speculation with no real evidence

[tylerbamos · 1/10 · 3 April 2023]

This documentary is just not convincing at all. Their proof is that box cutters were on the plane parked next to them at the terminal and there were four middle eastern people on the plane who were "acting weird" by rejecting food offered to them and they were rude. Let's remember that this airline has a terrible reputation for customer service and the passengers didn't have any sort of accommodation made for their religious food restrictions. I'd be a little peeved too. Let's look at the facts here: they claim that people on the ground conspired with the hijackers to place the box-cutters in the plane despite the other hijackers bringing them on themselves. They claim that the plane was locked down after they were completely evacuated yet "can't think of a reason someone would need to get into the plane through the baggage compartment" even though the authorities were definitely looking around at all the aircraft, judging from the fact they found box cutters on the other plane. Logically, if there were box cutters found on the other plane, any good journalist would shift their focus to the other plane yet it's never addressed again. They claim that JFK ground was evacuated and they were "on their own" which is, at minimum, misleading if not pure audience manipulation by TMZ. Perhaps the baggage handlers and technicians were evacuated but if ground ATC left, there would be chaos on the taxiways, with planes crashing into one another. Also, someone had to be there to direct the arriving aircraft after the airspace closure. I am willing to give the interviewees the benefit of the doubt and say that these people probably aren't racist and TMZ merely made them look that way but it definitely made me feel like race was the only real reason for their accusations. 1/10 because it isn't as far-fetched as Ancient Aliens but almost as easily disproven.

Typical modern day hokey production

[wktsnqms · 3/10 · 23 March 2023]

It seems there was a time that only certain types of programs received this type of production, but now it seems as if nothing as safe from it for the most part. I realize it's a tmz production, so it's not as if my hopes were high. But the constant suspense music, is that really necessary for this type of show?? Thousands of people died during these events, yet it's played out like it's just typical prime time drama. It really goes along with today's media, how almost everything is dumbed down and diluted. Like I said, I didn't expect much, and yet even that level wasn't achieved. Some of the information just doesn't add up, and I wonder how much of it is actually true. Don't waste your time.

This is a bit of a stretch.

[genpatton-78315 · 1/10 · 11 September 2023]

First off, its TMZ, the ones who can overdramatize a wet fart with the best of them and who also not ask simple questions.

Case in point; The Box-cutters. Tools that are used in all walks of life, including with members of airport ground crews. So. A big part of the show is to build a theory that someone snuck them on (and/or off) the plane as well as an additional plane that was parked nearby (an apparent mistake).

So, when I hear this, the first thing I think of is, why would anyone feel the need to "Sneak" these items on the plane when no other terrorist did that day? Yet TMZ never asks.

Im sure there were things that the crew experienced that were odd that day. But there just isnt enough hard evidence to support their claims Sensationalism at its finest is all that it was.

Not worth the watch

[averybacklund · 2/10 · 12 September 2023]

The title of this film intrigued me as I had never heard the theory of a fifth plane in the 9/11 attacks. The film interviews members of the airline crew as well as the pilots. From the jump it seems like it is a stretch as to why they think United 23 was intended to be the 5th plane. They claim that because the passengers in first class had a hijab on, and were acting weird, as well as boxcutters were found in a DIFFERENT plan on the tarmac, that the plane could've been a fifth plane. It's not the worst thing I've ever seen, but if your looking to learn more about 9/11 their is probably more insightful and evidence driven videos on YouTube.