9/11 commission timeline of events on the day of 9/11

8/14/2019 9/11 Commission Timeline of Events on the Day of 9/11

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8:308:35

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AA11Scheduled DepartureDeparture

Reached flightaltitude

Last ATCtransmission

Ong CallTransponder off

Threatening Comms

Turn South

^mm^mScheduled Departure

Departure


^M-iScheduled Departure

Departure


Enters Indy Centerairspace, Codechange to 3743

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Departure

Scheduled DepartureReady for taxi

FA A

Boston declaresAA1 1 hijacking inprogress

Boston AA 1 1notification to

Command CenterBoston AA 1 1notification to

adjacent Centers

Boston AA 1 1 call toCape TRACON, OtisBoston AA 1 1 call toNEADS. ConcurrentCape TRACON call

Boston AA1 1coordinates passedto NEADS

NEADS

Boston AA 1 1 call toNEADS. ConcurrentCape TRACON callOtis fighters on battle

stations


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AA11

Impact WTC NorthTower (NTM)

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mmmmmCheckin to NYCenter, reports

suspicioustransmission heard inBoston airspace

Last AT CTransmission

Transponder codechange to 3020

Transponder codechange to 3321

Turn east

Turn north

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Last AT CTransmission

Turn southwest

First AT C attempt tocontact

AA 2493 sentmessage to AAdispatch

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FAA

ELT report fromUSAir 583ELT report from Delta2433

New York AA1 1coordinates passedto NEADS

NY Center asksUA1 75 to recycletransponder

NEADS

Z point established

Otis scramble order280 FL 290

Otis fighters airborneOtis fighters vectored

to NYCOtis fighters to beheld until [AA11]status confirmedTw o additional Otisfighters depart on

routine training

hold south of LongIsland


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FAA

Impact WTC SouthTower

AA dispatch attemptto call

Returns to USAFradar coverage


Treated AA77 as nonradar alerted nextsector to west

Enters Cleveland airspace

Confirmed receivingA CA RS messageLast ATC

TransmissionSounds of take ovfr

NY Center assessesAA11 and UA 17 5impacted

A CA RS Textmessage sent

NEADSTw o more Otisfighters depart onroutine training

Tw o more Otisf ighters depart onroutine training, total

of sixNEADS notified ofUA 175 hijacking

Otis fighters enterhold patternLangley fightersordered to battlestations

Otis fighters leaveholding area for NYC

Langley scrambleorder 01O F L 29 0Otis fighters C APNYCLangley clearanceapproved 090 for 60


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Bofibonboard":3 3 confirm 090 for 60flight plan with

send Langley fightersto Baltimore

Gopher 06, C-130I Gohper 06follows

"traffic"on aheading B032 onunknown near White

HousePentagon impact

NEADS declaresAFIO and takes

control of LangleyCommand Centernotified of UA93

bomb threatLangley fighters

squawk 7777 andTransponder off-- . ^ " " * **942 NEADS, establishes

a 4th missing aircraft

fighters to track B032iNtADS aware of

possible hijack eastQf ToledoSAF radar contactlost


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Langley fightersdirectedJo_CAP_DC

Toledo fighters__Langley fighters turn

toward DCNEADSestablishestrack B089 on Delta

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