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Dave in Reno, NV — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:31:06 GMT

They knew!!! Actually, a very insignificant marketing campaign that became more interesting after 2001.

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kristin,warwick,ri — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:26:24 GMT

I think this is creepy. Who knew this photographer is a modern day nostradamus!

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Toronto — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:57:49 GMT

This certainly a framed show, as the following points so betray:

1. The ad is in French and it is 'causing stir' in USA, which most probably is the country from where it has been 'launched'.

2. No airline takes ‘16 hours and 30 minutes’ to reach from any airfield in France including Parisian ‘Orly’, whereas the ad is ‘proudly announcing this feat’. The ad conveys ‘negative incentive’ for travellers.

3. While the entire ad is in French, the caption of PIA with Urdu is in English, indicating that this part has been lifted from somewhere else as it common in PIA stationary.

4. There would be many more such ‘glaring’ obviousness’, some of which may be found by those who know French.

Stupid try which only dupe simpletons.

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cmm — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:14:32 GMT

Actually, the 16h30 that you are referring to, Toronto, is the time, 430PM. It is very likely that this is a legit ad. Growing up just a few hours outside the city, I remember every company that could work the towers into their ad campaigns.

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Montreal — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:55:52 GMT

The ad doesn't say that it takes 16 hours and 30 minutes to reach Orly. 16h30 is a time - as in 4:30pm. The headline is setting the scene - NYC 4:30pm.

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stephanie, richmond, VA — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:58:49 GMT

I always find it VERY amusing when someone calls another a "simpleton". The name caller is usually such a freaking idiot :)

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D'Viritell, Lakeland, Florida — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 06:12:59 GMT

I agree that they only used the twin towers as a reference to NYC, in which its fame (even to this day) matched or surpassed other NYC landmarks such as the Empire State or Chrystler building. Yes it is eerie but it seems to me that it was mere coincidence that this ad and 9/11 were connected.
I would give it more credit if the time said 9:15 rather than 4:30, which would make it even more freaky.

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Dave, Houston, TX — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:25:07 GMT

It's easy. If the ad is real, produce the original media (newspaper, magazine etc.) that published it.

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Brian, Richmond Virginia — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:42:33 GMT

Actually you are all wrong on the time thing. If you know aviation 16h30 refers to flight time not the time of day. So they are indicating the flight time to New York from some starting point (probably pakistan)

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John Smith, Chicago, IL — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:59:32 GMT

When I was at the WTC in the 80's, I picked up a tourism pamplet about the towers. On the cover was the picture of the twin towers. The day after 911, I remembered that pamplet and dug it out of an old cardboard box full of pictures and souveniers. I looked at the cover and above the towers was a statement printed and it said, "The closest some of us will ever get to Heaven." I felt very strange reading that the day after 911.

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Walt Frayne, Bensalem, PA — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:06:52 GMT

I believe this ad is real.
This really isn't very strange at all. The Twin Towers were icons. That is why they were used in ad campaigns and that is why the terrorists chose them as a target.
On a side note, comic book fans may remember that in Uncanny X-Men issue 196, a woman named Rachael from the future, tells what will happen in the following 10 years. It was written in 1986 and one of the things she describes (along with vivid art) is terorists flying planes into the Twin Towers.
Why did the writer chose them? It wasn't because he was psychic. It was because the Twin Towers are world-known icons. By destroying them, it shows readers the entire country is destroyed.

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Bill Wilson, Niles, MI — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:20:39 GMT

In March of 2001, the first episode of "The Lone Gunman" (a spin off of the X-Files) aired on television. The plot of the pilot episode was someone taking over the controls of a jet electronically and flying it into the twin towers. The plot was stopped at the last minute. It was spooky when I watched the DVD of the show a while back. Reality imitates art?

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Jeff Snyder, Bismarck, North Dakota. — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:11:14 GMT

We would be very interested in seeing that X-Men comic book issue #196. Perhaps someone could scan it and share with MSNBC who in turn can make it available to the rest of us. I'm sure that at least that page has been scanned and it is out there someplace!

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Brian, Atlanta, GA — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:05:00 GMT

I think that it is not an accurate ad. The PIA logo in the ad is the current one, not what they used in the 60's and 70's.