responsible for these acts and these crimes to justice. now is the time for us to come together as a nation to offer our support, our prayers for victims and their families, for the rescue workers, the law enforcement officials. for every one of us that has been changed forever by this winnable to tragedy. the following is a summary of the unknown facts surrounding today s incidents. american airlines flight 11 departed boston for los angeles. hijacked by suspects armed with knives. this plane crashed into the world trade center. united airlines flight one 75 departed boston to los angeles. hi jacked and crashed into the world trade center. american airlines flight 77 departed washington dulles for los angeles. let s hijacked and crashed into the pentagon.
cockpits. first, the facts. the string of events that results in these four horrific crashes begins at boston s logan airport, 7:45 am. american flight 11, with 92 on board. supposed to fly boston to los angeles, but over new york state it s diverted, forced to fly south, directly into the north tavern of the world trade center. a long day of carnage is underway. back in boston, united flight one 75 another one 67 with 65 aboard is already in the air, also bound for los angeles 15 minutes behind the first plane when it to his hijacked. this is the actual plane as it hits the south tower of the world trade center. 8:10 am, american flight 77, a 7:57 with 64 aboard has taken off from washington s dallas airport, also bound for los angeles, it to taken over, and
this was the second target in a well coordinated act of terrorism. at 9:15, after the second plane hits the world trade center, the pentagon puts together a crisis action team to assess any additional threats. 9:30, american airlines flight 77, a boeing 7:57 with 62 people on board takes off from dallas airport for los angeles. believed hijack it heads instead for the world trade center. 9:38, it slipped on its right side and slammed into the pentagon s lower two floors in the southwest side, exploding on impact as horrified commuters watch. i saw a plane going down, big plane, commercial liner type going down full speed and just inside the side of the pentagon. employees and evacuate by
the faa issued at least five civil aviation security information circulars to all u.s. airlines and airport security personnel, including specific warnings about the possibility of hijacking. some experts put the number of warnings to airports and airlines even higher. there were 12 warnings from the faa to the airlines about terrorists training for hijacking and the u.s. aviation system was in the terrorists sights. on top of that, between april 1st and september 10th, 2001, the faa s own security branch issued 52 internal warnings about bin laden or al qaeda. but nobody said a word about the threat to the people of the united states. why wasn t the american flying public warned? why didn t our government actually take more rigorous response to these warnings? the state department maintained a list of thousands
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. he contacted the faa command center in herndon, virginia.