i think it s outrageous. united ordered these boeing 787 s to have a secondary barrier. after the merger, they decided they were going to pay boeing extra to remove the barriers. i think it s absurd. we need this protection in order to not have a breach of the cockpits. alisyn: you think had your husband had that secondary barrier door on united flight 175 that things could have been different? absolutely. could have been different for 2,973 people. the reason why we had september 11 was because the cockpit was breached and the secondary barriers are a proven method of securing the cockpits. alisyn: here s what united airlines says about this decision in a statement. flight security has various components with secondary barriers being just one. we use in different combinations. the security matrix can vary. while we don t discuss details of which security measures are used, we are thorough in carrying out
was on board. she was going on a business trip, a one-day business trip to california. at 8:54 american 77 began deviating from its flight plan, first with a slight turn toward the south. two minutes later it disappeared completely from indianapolis radar. the controller who lost flight 77 assumed it crashed. he believed american 77 had experienced serious electrical and/or mechanical failure and was gone. meanwhile in new york, an air traffic control manager tracking united flight 175, tried to report its hijacking to her superiors. she was turned away. the manager tried to notify the regional managers and was told that the managers were discussing a hijacked aircraft, presumably american 11, and refused to be disturbed. finally, another manager from new york soon realized there were several hijacked planes.
two minutes later, united flight 175 was hijacked. in easton, connecticut, lee and eunice hanson got a phone call from their son, peter, who was aboard the plane. when i first heard lee answer the phone say, hi, peter, i said, what s he calling for? he said, dad, the airplane s being hijacked. i think my first thing was, come on, peter. he said, no, it s being hijacked. he said, i don t think the pilot is flying the plane even now. he said, you ought to call united airlines and let them
know, he says, because they may have turned off the equipment that can warn them of a hijacking. and he said, i ll get back to you. the controller responsible for united 175 was looking for the already-crashed american flight 11. he didn t notice that united 175 had now veered off course. within ten minutes of united 175 s hijacking, a third plane, american flight 77, traveling from dulles to los angeles came under attack. steven push s wife, lisa raines,
a few people were able to get in the vehicle. we picked up a few people. what were their injuries. one officer had a gash and he was all right and a young lady had shrapnel in her arm. i don t know if it is part of the build org glass from another building. it was the most intense frightening experience i have ever had in my life. it was literally pitch black on the streets and people were obviously inhaling a great deal of material as well. so many folks were having difficulty breathing and wearing facial masks as well. we have united airlines confirms that the united flight 175 from boston to los angeles is down, as well. no details yet. it s confirmed that flight 93, we believe from newark to san francisco is down. no details yet. that s the one we think went down in the pittsburgh area. i wish that we could be more specific. the information is, as you might expect, pretty chaotic.