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"WE HAVE SOME PLANES"
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American Airlines Flight 77
(AA 77)
Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles
United Airlines Flight 93
(UA 93)
Newark to San Francisco
8:20
Takeoff
8:51
Last routine radio
communication
8:51-8:54 Likely takeover
8:54
Flight 77 makes unauthorized
turn to south
8:56
Transponder is turned off
9:05
AA headquarters aware that
Flight 77 is hijacked
9:25
Herndon Command Center
orders nationwide ground stop
9:32
Dulles tower observes radar of
fast-moving aircraft (later
identified as AA 77)
9:34
FAA advises NEADS that
AA 77 is missing
9:37:46
AA 77 crashes into the
Pentagon
10:30
AA headquarters confirms
Flight 77 crash into Pentagon
8:42
Takeoff
9:24
Flight 93 receives warning
from UA about possible
cockpit intrusion
9:27
Last routine radio
communication
9:28 Likely
takeover
9:34
Herndon Command Center
advises FAA headquarters that
UA 93 is hijacked
9:36
Flight attendant notifies UA of
hijacking; UA attempts to
contact the cockpit
9:41
Transponder is turned off
9:57
Passenger revolt begins
10:03:11 Flight 93 crashes in field in
Shanksville, PA
10:07
Cleveland Center advises
NEADS of UA 93 hijacking
10:15 UA
headquarters
aware
that
Flight 93 has crashed in PA;
Washington Center advises
NEADS that Flight 93 has
crashed in PA
Dulles
Newark
Shanksville, PA
Pentagon
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