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By this time United Airlines haswarned crewsstill in theair about the potential for a hijacking. Electronic messages similar to ane-mail, have been transmitted to pilots. "Beware, _ _cockpit intrusion" the message read. The pilots of flight 93 _ _typed back, "confirmed".

At the Bostoncenter, controllers are taking matters intotheir ownhands to safeguard crews.

Tom Roberts'. "I sawcontrollers step up to the plateandstart warning flight crews. This was totally by the seat oftheir pants.It's not because they were directed to by anybody.It's just, OK, everybody's onalert rightnow."

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FAA FACTSFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFederal Aviation AdministrationEastern Region, Jamaica, NY 11430Contact: Arlene Salac/Jim PetersPhone:(718)553-3015

New York Enroute Air Traffic Control Center (New York Center)New York Center, in Ronkonkoma, New York, is one of 20 Federal AviationAdministration radar facilities nationwide that provide air traffic services for highaltitude aircraft.New York Center is unique because it functions as a domestic enroute controlfacility as well as an oceanic control facility. Tw o separate computer complexesperform these functions.AIRSPACENew York Center controls approximately 3.27million square feet of airspace. Theairspace contatins 17,000 square miles of domestic airspace and 3.25 millionsquare miles of oceanic airspace.New York Center's oceanic airspoace shares common boundaries with five FAAfacilities, four foreign air traffic control centers and one foreign air traffic controltower. The U.S.ceners include San Juan, Miami, Jacksonville, Washington andBoston Centers; the foreign centers are in Canada, Portugal, andTrinidad/Tobago; and the air traffic control tower is in Bermuda.

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From ffte takeoff of Flight 11 at 8:00 a.m. to U.S.airspace clear of civilaviation flights at 12:15 p.m.,here are the t imes of key Sept. 11 , 2001,events.0800. American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 with 92 people on board, takes offfrom Boston Logan airport for LosAngeles.0814. United Air Lines Flight 175, a Boeing 767 with 65 people on board, takes offfrom Boston Logan airport for Los Angeles.0821.American Airlines Flight 77, a Boeing 757 with 64 people on board, takes offfrom Washington Dulles airport for Los Angeles.0840. FAA notifies the North American Aerospace Defense Command's (NORAD)Northeast Air Defense Sector about the suspected hijacking of American Flight 11.0841. United Air Lines Flight 93, a Boeing 757 with 44 people on board, takes offfrom Newark airport for San Francisco.0843. FAA notifies NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector about the suspectedhijacking of United Flight 175.0846. (approx.). American Flight 11 crashes into the north tower of the World TradeCenter.0902. (approx.). United Flight 175 crashes into the south tower of the World TradeCenter.0904. (approx.). The FAA's Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center stops alldepartures from airports in its jurisdiction (New England and eastern NewYorkState).0906. The FAA bans takeoffs of all flights bound to or through the airspace of NewYork Center from airports in that Center and the three adjacent Centers - Boston,Cleveland, and Washington. This is referred to as a First Tier groundstop andcovers the Northeast from North Carolina north and as far west as easternMichigan.0908. The FAA bans all takeoffs nationwide for flights going to or through New YorkCenter airspace.0924. The FAA notifies NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector about thesuspected hijacking of American Flight 77. The FAA and NORAD establish an openline to discuss American 77 and United 93.0926. The FAA bans takeoffs of all civilian aircraft regardless of destination - anational groundstop.0940. (approx.). American Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon.0945. In the first unplanned shutdown of U. S. airspace, the FAA orders all aircraftto land at the nearest airport as soon as practical. At this time, there were morethan 4,500 aircraft in the air on Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flight plans.1007. (approx.) United Flight 93 crashes in Stony Creek Township, PA.1039. Reaffirming the earlier order, the FAA issues a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM)

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Transcript Am erican Airlines Flight 11By THE NEW YORK TIMESF ollowing is a t ranscr ip t of the radio com municat ions between ai r traffic controller at Logan Internat ional Airport[46R] in Boston an d several jetliners identified by their call signs on the morning of Sept. 11 . Among thejetl iners were A merican A irlines Flight 11 (AAL11) and United Air Lines Flight 175 (UAL 175), which took offfrom Logan and then were cra shed into the World Trade Center. The transcripts were obtained by The New Yo rkTimes.8:08:54 46R: FDX3258, Roger, uh , fly heading 180 maintain mach 80 or less.8:09:02 FDX 3258: 180 Roger a nd, uh, for the heading, uh, is mach 8 or less 3258.8:09:10 46R: FD X3601, M aintain mach 80 or greater.8:09:12 FDX3601: Mach 80 or greater, FDX3601 heavy.8:09:17 AAL11: Boston center, good morning, AA L11 w ith you paassing through 190 for 230.8:09:22 46R: AA L11, Bo ston center, roger, climb and maintain FL280.8:09:25AAL11:280 AAL11.8:09:28 46R: FDX325 8, yo u're recleared direct to, uh, Barnes.8:09:34 FDX 3258: Direct to Barnes, FDX3258.8:09:52 46R: DAL5 44, Contact Boston center 125.57.8:09:56 DA L544: 255 7 for Boston, DAL5 44, Good day.8:10:04 DAL1149: Boston, DA L1149, Leveling at 310.8:10:06 46R: DA L11 49 Boston center, roger.8:10:13 46R: AAL1 1 Climb, maintain FL290.8:10 :16 AA L11 : 290 AAL11 .8:10:37 46R: FDX 3258 C leared direct biggo.8:10:41 FDX3258: Direct biggo, thank you, FDX3258.8:10:47 46R: FDX3258, your traffic you're going to be following is 12 o'clock an d about, uh, 10 miles alsosouthbound w ith company, com pany jet.8:10:54 FDX3258: Uh, where's that traffic, sir?

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Aboard Flight 11, a Chilling VoiceBy ERIC LICHTBLAUTimes Staff WriterSeptember 20 , 2001WASHINGTON A chilling telephone call from a flight attendant aboard Am11 details for the first time the frantic struggle aboard the doomed airliner as hijof a passenger an d stormed the cockpit.

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"I see water and buildings. Oh my God! Oh my G od!" Madeline Amy Sw eeney told a groundmanager in Boston after th e hijacked plane took a sudden an d unexpected detour, according to aninvestigative document comp iled by the FBI and reviewed by The Times.The water she saw in those agonizing final moments w as the Hudson River. The buildings were thefamed New York City skyline, its trademark towers still upright. And the detour was Flight 11 'scalamitous descent into the World Trade Center's north tower about 8:45 a.m. on Sept. 11.In recent days, snippets of cell phone calls that o riginated from the four hijacked flights haverevealed tearful goodbyes an d valiant pledges of resistance.B ut Sweeney's phone call, with details that coincide with the hijackers ' takeover of the cockpit, couldprovide investigators with one of their most valuable pieces of evidence in reconstructing thehijackings.FBI officials in Dallas, where American Airlines is based, were able, on the day of the terroristattacks, to piece together a partial transcript and an account of the phone call. American Airlinesofficials said such calls are not typically recorded, suggesting that the FBI may have reconstructedth e conversation from interviews.Sweeney, a 35-year-old mother of two young children, had worked fo r Am erican Airlines for 12years, usually taking weekend duty so she could spend more time during the w eek w ith her family inActon, Mass. She was one of nine flight attendants w orking Flight 11, which left Boston's LoganInternational Airport with a light load of 81 passengers at 7:45 a.m.The plane lifted of f uneventfully, bu t investigators think it was commandeered within about 15minutes.Sw eeney (identified in the law enforcement report as Amy Sw eeny) called A merican flight servicesmanager Michael W oodward on the ground at Logan. She displayed remarkable calm as she relatednumerous details about the unfolding events."This plane has been hijacked," Sweeney said, according to the FBI report.Tw o flight attendants, whom she identified by their crew numbers, had already been stabbed, she said. "A hijacker also cutthe throat of a business-class passenger, and he appears to be dead," she said.Investigators have identified five suspected hijackers on the flight-Satam A l Suqami; Waleed M. Alshehri; Wail Alshehri;Mohamed Atta; an d Abd ulaziz Alom ari. They are believed to be part of a well-orchestrated network of 19 hijackers w ho usedbo x cutters, razors an d even sm all knives concealed in cigarette lighters to take control of the four planes.

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oPrimetime Calm Before the CrashFlight 11 Crew Sent Key Details Before Hitting the Twin Towers

July 18 On the morning of Sept. 11, American Airlines ground m anager MichaelWoodward received a phone call that immediately got his full attention.

Flight attendant Am y Sweeneycalled ground staff after AmericanAirlines Flight 11 was hijacked onSept. 11. (ABCNEWS.com)

"Listen, and listen to m e very carefully. I'm on Flight 11.voice on the other end. The ca ller was Amy S weeney, a flight attendant o n board Aibeen hijacked on its way from Boston to Los Angeles.Over the next 25 minutes, Sweeney, a 13-year veteran with the airline, calmly relaylater be crucial in helping the FBI identify the men who hijacked the plane and flew iCenter.Another flight attendant, Betty Ong, who had been with American Airlines for 14 yeaSeat Numbers Identified HijackersFlight 11 had taken off from Boston's Logan Airport at 7:59 a.m., with a light load of 81 passengers. There were 11 crew onboard: a captain, a first officer, and nine flight attendants.A few minutes into the flight, five men got up from their seats and made their way to the cockpit, soo n taking control of theplane.Sweeney and O ng were in the coach section of the plane. Using crew telephones, they made the calls to their colleagues onthe ground, Sweeney to Woodward, a flight services manager at Logan Airport, and Ong to the airline's reservations line.Woodward said Sweeney spoke "very, very calmly... in a way which was quick but calm." She gav e him the seat num bers forfour of the five hijackers, allowing airline staff to pull up their names, phone numbers, addresses and even credit cardnumbers on the reservations computer. One of the names that came up was Mohamed Atta, the man the FBI would lateridentify as the leader of all 19 of the Sept. 11 hijackers.Sweeney told Woo dward the hijackers seemed to be of Middle Eastern desc ent and said they had gone into the cockpit witha bomb with yellow wires attached.She said they ha d stabbed the two first-class flight attendants, Barbara Arestegui and Karen Martin, whose station at the frontof the plane likely made them the first crew members to confront the hijackers. She said they had also slashed the throat of abusiness class passenger, who was bleeding severely.

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The Te legraph Online | FAA worker says hijacked jeltiners almost collided before strikin... Page 1 of 3

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Staff photo by Dean ShalhoupSeveral Nashua police officers block the entrance to the Boston Air Traffic Control Center on Northeastern Boulevard in Nas hua Tuesday morning where theyrushed shortly after two passenger aircraft that departed from Boston crashed into the W orld Trade Center buildings in New York.

FAA worker sayshijackedjeltiners almost collidedbeforestrikingWorldTradeCenterThursday, September 13, 2001By ALBERT McKEON, Telegraph Staff , [email protected]

The two hijacked jets that sliced into the World Trade Center nearly crashed into eachother before reaching New York City, according to a Federal Aviation Administrationemployee who works in the Nashua control facility.FAA ai r traffic control lers in Nashua have learned through discussions with othercontrol lers that an F-16 fighter stayed in hot pursuit of another hi jacked commercialairliner until it crashed in Pennsy lvania, said the employee, who spoke on the conditionof anonymity.

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By 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, the military ha d taken control of U.S. ai rspace, the employee said. The jet crashedinto a field at 10:37 a.m.The incidents fell in l ine with a handful of incredible an d unprecedented events that unfolded in America onTuesday, said th e employee, who worked in the control center that fateful morning. The center is one of 20FAA faci l i t ies that monitor long-distance flights once they leave airports.The morning's surreal moments included a controller, who had just arrived fo r work, discovering that hiswife's American Air l ine flight was involved in the day of terror, the employee said.Control lers never expected that the terrorists who hijacked the plane had their sights set on the north towerof the Wo rld Trade Center, the employee said.Even as the tower burned, control lers still hadn't concluded that another hi jacked plane - United Airlines Flight17 5 - would s lam into th e other New York skyscraper, the employee said.Th e terrorists, however, nearly had their plans dashed when the two planes almost coll ided outside th e city,th e employee sa id. "The tw o aircraft got too close to each other down by Stewart" International Airport in NewWindsor, N.Y., the employee said.Control lers have also learned that an F-16 fighter closely pursued hi jacked United Air l ines Flight 93 until itcrashed in southwestern Pennsylvania, the employee said.Although control lers don't have complete detai ls of the Air Force's chase of the Boeing 757, they have learned

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Boutin : Transcript of American Airlines Flight 77 http://paulboutin.weblogger.com/stories/storyReader$

Paul Boutin Technology writer for Slate, Wired, The New York Times, Salon, etcHome I Portfolio I TV and Radio appearances I Bio I Resum6Tod ay's Entry:Transcript of Am erican Airlines Flight 77[UPDATE: See "Hun t th e Boeing" An swers w ith science writer Patrick D i Justo]Source: The New York TimesFollowing is a transcript of the radio com munications of American A irlines Flight 77 (AAL77), w hich tookoff from Dulles International Airport outside Washington on Sept. 11 and then was crashed into thePentagon. The transcripts w ere obtained by The New York Times.8:12:29 AAL77: Good morning ground American seven seven is off of d ixie twenty six withinformation tango.8:12:36 Ground Control West: American 77 Dulles taxi to run wa y three zero.

8:12:39 AAL77: Taxi three zero American seven seven.8:16:01 Local Control West: American 77, Dulles tower. Ru nw ay three zero taxi into position and holdyou'll be holding for landing traffic one left and for spacing w ake turbulence spacing behind the DC 10.8:16:29 AAL77: And American ah seven seven is ready.8:16:32 Local Control West: American 77, Dulles tower. Ru nw ay three zero. Taxi into position andhold you're hold ing for wake turbulence landing traffic one left and you need to be fifteen in trail of thatDC 10.8:16:41 AAL77: P osition and hold three zero, American seven seven.8:19:20 Local Control West: American 77 your d eparture frequency w ill be one two five poin t zero five.Runway three zero cleared for take off.8:19:27 AAL77: One two five oh five. Runway three zero cleared for takeoff, Am erican 77 .8:20:26 Local Control West: American 77 , turn left heading two seven zero contact d eparture.8:20:31 AAL77: Two seventy head ing d eparture, American 77 . Good day.8:20:38 AAL77: Is with you passing one decimal one for three.8:20:43 North Departure: American 77, Dulles departure radar. Contact climb and maintain fivethousand.8:20:47 AAL77: Five thousand , Am erican 77.

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JANE F. GARVEY ON AVIATIONSECURITY FOLLOWING THE TERRORATTACK ON SEPTEMBER 11TH.SEPTEMBER 21,2001STATEMENT OF JANE F. G AR V E YADMINISTRATOR, FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATIONBEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON AVIATION,COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE,ON AVIAT ION SECURITY FOLLOWING THE TERRORIST A T T A CSEPTEMBER 11THSEPTEMBER 21, 2001Chairman M ica, Congressman Oberstar, Mem bers of the SubcommI appear before you today to discuss the even ts of the September 1that were so unspeakab le that they were virtually unimaginable a f e


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The frontJ u l y - A u g u s t , 2002 N a t i o n a l w e a t h e r S e r v i ce Ce n t r a l R e g i onA ir Traffic Control Sys tem Command CenterMinimizing weather impacts efficiently and safely

J im Roets, Lead ForecasterAvia t ion Weather CenterNestled within the high-tech corridorof Northern Virginia, j u s t ou t s ide ofWashington, Du lles International A irport ,is the nerve center for air traffic opera-tions in the United States. Called the A ir

Traffic Control S ystem Comm and Center(ATCSCC), i t occupies one section of abuilding owned by EDS, Incorporated - atechnology giant and a government con-tractor for military and other agencies fo rdata services.Once inside th e building, I was struckby the massive screen displays in the frontof the room. The main control room itselfis fairly large an d contains several dozenpeople all performing tasks designed toKeep ai r traffic in this country movingwithout delay. Their job is massive. Withfive- to six-thousand aircraft in the air atan y given time during the peak ai r trafficperiods, the ATCSCC must reac t to anyone of myriad complex interac t ions

caused by weather, equipment outages,security con cerns, and the push of traffic,in order to keep the traveling public ontheir way to their destinations safely andefficiently.The role of the ATCSCC is to man-ag e this flow of air traffic within the con-t inental United States. The ATCSCC ha sbeen operational since 1994. There aremany support components that aid in thesuccessfu l balance of air traffic demandwith system capacity. They are:Airport ReservationOffice (ARO)

The The A irport R eservation Office(ARO) processes all requests for IFRoperations at designated high density traf-fic airports and allots reservations on afirst come, first served basis.The high density traffic airports are:John F. Kennedy InternationalLa GuardiaChicago O'Hare InternationalRonald Reagan Washington Nat ional

Figure 1. The main operations room at the ATCSCC is a high tech o verview of the N A S .A ir Trafflce Con trol Specialists work ou t alternative routing for the high volume of airtraffic that is frequently disrupted by thunderstorms.

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AssociateAdministrator fo rAi r Traffic ServicesDeputy AssociateAdministrator forAir Traffic ServicesDirector, Air TrafficServiceDeputy Director,Ai r Traffic ServiceDirector,Terminal BusinessServiceDirector, AirwayFacilities ServiceDeputy Director,Airway FacilitiesServiceDirector, Air TrafficSystemRequirementsServiceJames HeveloneDeputy Director, AirTraffic SystemRequirementsService

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Steven J. BrownAssociate Administrator for Air Traffic Services

As the Associate Administrator for Air Traffic Services, Steve Brown manages the 35,000 air tncontrollers, maintenance and software technicians, flight inspection pilots and administrative pwho are responsible for the day-to-day operation of the nation's airspace system. Air Traffic Seemployees provide air traffic control through 579 facilities as well as maintaining the National ASystem (NAS) infrastructure. The US air traffic control system is the world's largest, currently hover 150 million operations a year, carrying an estimated 695 million passengers in2000. Air TServices also maintains terminal instrument flight procedures and airway segments, conducts finspections nationally and internationally, assigns and protects the aeronautical radio frequencin air traffic control, and evaluates the modernization of the NAS infrastructure.Prior to his 1998 appointment at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Mr. Brown was theof the National Aeronautic Association (NAA). The NAA consists of more than 100 corporate mthe aerospace industry and is the nation's oldest aviation organization. Prior to becoming PresiNAA, Mr. Brownwas senior Vice President of Government and Technical Affairs at the 350,00(Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA). He managed the AOPA government affairs prcthe Federal, State, and local levels, served as AOPA's leading lobbyist, and directed the associnternational activities.Previous to his current position, Mr. Brown served on the Board and chaired the Finance ComrRTCA, Inc. and also served on the FAA Administrator's ad hoc task force on ATC Modernizaticserved as Chair of the FAA's Aviation Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee and was a merthe FAA Committee for Free Flight Implementation. Additionally, he was the designated repres*for general aviation on the International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) FANS Committeeserved on numerous industry advisory committees to both the Secretary of Transportation andAdministrator.Prior to joining AOPA,Mr. Brownwas a faculty member at Texas A&M University where he taunumber of aviation-related courses. He previously worked for the Texas Aeronautics Commissiwas also employed as an air taxi pilot and full-time flight instructor.Steve Brown is a graduate of the executive management programs at Pennsylvania State Univthe University ofVirginia and is a qualified Aviation Accident Investigator certified by the UniveiSouthern California. Steve holds a bachelor's degree in Business Management and amaster'sIndustrial Education.As a pilot, he has flown more than 3,000 hours over the past 25 years and is certified as a compilot and flight instructor. Healso has instrument, seaplane, and glider ratings. Steve and his wown and maintain a single-engine aircraft.

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System Capacity(Vacant)Deputy Director,Office of Sys temCapacityDirector, Off ice ofIndependentOperat ional Testan d EvaluationJoe SchanneDeputy Director,Office ofIndependentOperat ional Testan d EvaluationDirector, RunwaySafety Program

Peter H.ChallanDeputy Associate Administrator for Air Traffic Services

FAA Administrator Jane Garvey appointed Peter H. Challan acting Deputy Associate AdministrAir Traffic Services in July 1999. Peter Challan began his career in 1970 as a field civil engineeFAA Eastern Region working in the Airway Facilities Division. From 1973 to 1983 he held the pSupervisor in the Field/Office Facilities and Equipment Branch, assuming greater responsibilitySeptember 1983 he was appointed as the Supervisor, Terminal/EnRoute Section. InFebruarywa s appointed acting Manager, Construction Engineering Branch.In February 1989, he moved to Washington DC and was the Headquarters Program Manager1ne w Denver Airport. From July 1990 to August 1993, Mr. Challan was the Program Manager, TAir Traffic Control Automation under the Associate Administrator for System Engineering andDevelopment. In August 1993, Mr. Challan was named the Program Manager and in April 199fappointed the Integrated Product Team Lead for the Voice Switching and Control System ProgMarch 1996, Peter Challan was appointed Deputy Director, Office of Air Traffic Systems Devehunder the Associate Administrator for Research an d Acquisitions. Before assuminghis new po:wa s the Director, Office of Air Traffic Systems Development.Peter Challan received his B.S.E and B.S.C.E. from City College in New York. He is a registersProfessional Engineer.Mr. Challan is a resident of the District of Columbia, an avid gardener and a novice golfer.

Bif f G. PeacockDirector, Air Traffic Service

Bill Peacock was appointed Director, Air Traffic Service in January 2001. Since February 2000.served as the Program Director for Air Traffic Tactical Operations, which provides leadership astrategic direction to the air traffic control system. Prior to this appointment, Bill Peacock serve


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Business Wire December 17 ,2001, MondayCopyright 2001 Business Wire, Inc.Business Wire

December 17, 2001, MondayDISTRIBUTION: Business EditorsLENGTH: 972 wordsHEADLINE: 11 Airplanes Astray On September 11, According to Exclusive Aviation Week & SpaceTechnology Report On FAA Air Traffic Control Command CenterDATELINE: Dec. 17,2001BODY:Suspicions Lead To Nationwide GroundingAn exclusive examination of the activities at the FAA air traffic control command center on September 11reveals that in the minutes following the attack on the World Trade Center, 11 airplanes had either flown offcourse or were out of communication, leading the FAA to ground all air traffic for the first time in US history.The in-depth analysis, in the December 17 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology, also reveals the airtraffic control system responded quickly, decisively, professionally and with surprising cooperation amonggovernment and industry groups.Just minutes after the second of two hijacked airliners had flown into the World Trade Center at 9:03 a.m.EO T the air traffic control command center in Herndon, Va., asked field facilities to advise it of any aircraftthat weren't in communication or were flying unexpected routes. The facilities reported 11 such aircraft,according toAW&ST.As the reportsof unusual operations grew, Herndon issued a ground-stop order at 9:26a.m. "We ust thought, OK, enough is enough, let's keep them on the ground and see what we've got," LindaSchuessler, manager of tactical operations at the command center told AW&ST.Two of the 11 aircraft were American Airlines Flight 77, which was flown into the Pentagon at 9:41 a.m., andUnited Airlines Flight 93, which crashed insouthwestern Pennsylvania at 10:10. The anomalies that causedcontrollers to flag the other nine aircraft were explained later to Herndon's satisfaction. "We followed up onthat, at the end of the day and the following day," said Schuessler, "People here continued to say (they had) alittle discomfort about the information (they) received. We followed up with the security people and got enoughinformation that the specialists here felt very comfortable that they understood the situation." One of the nineaircraft was identified in later press reports as a Delta Air Lines transcontinental flight out of Boston. The FAAdeclined to provide information about any of the nine for the AW&ST report, however. An agency official toldAW&ST the FAA has noopen issues regarding the flights with respect toATC, but it doesn't know their statusin the FBI's criminal investigation of the September 11 terrorist attacks.The AW&ST report tracks the timeline of activities at the control command center, beginning with normalmorning staff and industry meetings, then immediately bringing in FAA headquarters office, the secretary oftransportation's office and other agencies in the minutes following the first attack.The first indication of trouble began when the national operations manager, incharge of supervisors and ATCspecialists on the command center's operational floor reported a possible hijacking in progress. In a stroke ofluck, the Department of Defense was represented at the control command center. The Pentagon staffs thecenter only three days per month for refresher training to coordinate priority aircraft movement during warfareor emergencies, and September 11 happened to be one of those days.John Carr, National Air Traffic Controllers Association president, told AW&ST the air traffic controllers landed

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Statement of Cl audio MannoAssistant Under Secretary for IntelligenceTransportation Security Administrationbefore theSenate Select Committee on IntelligenceandHouse Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

October 1, 2002Mr. Cha irman and Members of the Select Committees, I am pleased to represent theDepartment of Transportation and participate in your joint inqu iry into the performanceof the intelligence comm unity concerning the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacksagainst the U nited States. My statement addresses questions posed in your letter ofinvitation.You asked about the policies and procedures in place at the Department to receive and acton intelligence information from the Intelligence Community and law enforcementorganizations concerning terrorism. It is helpful to look at this issue first in terms of howintelligence relating to terrorism flows from producer agencies of the IntelligenceComm unity to the Department of Transportation (DOT), including the Office of theSecretary, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Transportation SecurityAdministration (TSA). The second part of the process concerns how (and how much)information from the Intelligence Community is passed to state and local lawenforcement agencies, as well as the private sector.The mechanisms for passing information by the Intelligence Com mu nity (1C) to DOT arcwell established. DOT (including the Office of the Secretary, FAA and TSA) identifiesand updates its intelligence needs in detailed "statements of intelligence interest" or"reading requirements," wh ich the 1C producer agencies keep on file to determine whichproducts (both raw intelligence and finished products) DOT receives. To help ensure thatthe Intelligence Com munity agencies share pertinent intelligence fully with DOT, section111 (a) of the Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-604) required "theagencies of the intelligence comm unity [to]... ensure that intelligence reportsconcerning international terrorism aremade available . . . to . . . theDepartment ofTransportation and the Federal Aviation Administration." The agencies responsible forproducing most of the intelligence DOT receives on terrorism are the Central IntelligenceAgency (CIA), the Department of State (DOS), the Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI), the National Security Agency (N SA), and the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA).DOT, especially through TSA, is a full and active participant in the nationalcounterterrorism and law enforcement comm unities by virtue of its relationships w iththese agencies. A full-time CIA liaison is posted to the Secretary'sOffice of Intelligenceand Security, and that office has established a part-time liaison position at FBI. FAA hasalso provided a DOT liaison officer to the National Infrastructure Protection Center atFBI. TSA's Transportation Security Intelligence Service (TSIS) maintains full-time


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Fact Sheet: Chronology of Events on September 11, 2001 (August 2002)

FAA NewsFederal Aviation AdministrationWashington, DC 20591

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDate: August 1 2, 2002Contact: William ShumannPhone: 202-267-3883

0800. American Airlines Flight 1 1 ,a Boeing 767 with 92 people on board, takes off from Boston Logan airport for LosAngeles.0814. United Air Lines Flight 175, a Boeing 767 with 65 people on board, takes off from Boston Logan airport for LosAngeles.0821 .American Airlines Flight 77, a Boeing 757 with 64 people on board, takes off from Washington Dulles airport for LosAngeles.0840. FAAnotifies the North American Aerospace Defense Command's (NORAD) Northeast Air Defense Sector about thesuspected hijacking of American Flight 1 1 .0841. United Air Lines Flight 93, a Boeing 757 with 44 people on board, takes off from Newark airport for San Francisco.0843. FAA notifies NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector about the suspected hijacking of United Flight 175.0846. (approx.). American Flight 1 1 crashes into the north tower of the World Trade Center.0902. (approx.). United Flight 1 75 crashes into the south tower of the World Trade Center.0904. (approx.). The FAA's Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center stops all departures from airports in its jurisdiction(New England and eastern New York State).0906. The FAA bans takeoffs of all flights bound to or through the airspace of New York Center from airports in that Centerand the three adjacent Centers - Boston, Cleveland andWashington. This is referred to as a First Tier groundstop andcovers the Northeast from North Carolina north and as far west as eastern Michigan.0908. The FAA bans all takeoffs nationwide for flights going to or through New York Center airspace.0924. The FAA notifies NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector about the suspected hijacking of American Flight 77. TheFAA and NORAD establish anopen line to discuss American 77 and United 93.0926. The FAA bans takeoffs of all civilian aircraft regardless of destination - a national groundstop.0940. (approx.). American Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon.0945. In the first unplanned shutdown of U. S. airspace, the FAA orders all aircraft to land at the nearest airport as soon aspractical. At this time, there were more than 4,500 aircraft in the air on Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flight plans.

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