"In 2001 a television show called "The Lone Gunmen", a short lived spinoff from "The X-Files" had as an episode a government plot involving flying a computer controlled airliner full of people into one of the twin towers. It has a pilot's eye view of the approaching towers at night, and at the last minute our hero takes control and is just able to clear them."

Shame it had such crappy ratings.

It's not just a lack of imagination, you know. I realize as a boss that part of my job is to keep the people who work for me from getting too carried away with concern for outlandish risks. Some people see problems everywhere and can let their imaginations keep them from accomplishing things; they become too timid and fearful. It's a good thing to keep people focused on the goals and moderating a few primary risks. Then suddenly you get the Discovery disaster or the Twin Towers because we become so used to minimizing the more far fetched risks, we don't recognize when they become real and present.