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    The transcript details air traffic control communications as they deal with losing contact with American Airlines Flight 11 and learn that two planes have hit the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001.

    American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 757 departed from Boston heading to Los Angeles but air traffic control in Boston lost contact with the plane's frequency and transponder near Albany, NY. The plane was last observed heading southwest.

    Air traffic control first learned that one plane had hit the World Trade Center in New York City. Shortly after, they lost contact with a second plane that was also heading towards the World Trade Center and confirmed that it had also hit the towers.

    ZNY-ARTCC-148 1

    UAL175 '

    U.S. Deportment
    of Transportation
    Memorandum
    Federal Aviation
    Administration

    Subiecfc INFORMATION; Full Transcript: Date: May 2, 2002


    Aircraft Accident; UAL175; New York, NY;
    September 11, 2001

    From: NewYorkARTCC Attn. of:

    To: Aircraft Accident File ZNY-ARTCC-148

    This transcription covers the Traffic Management Unit, Anival Director position for the
    time period from September 11,2001,1224 UTC, to September 11,2001,1330 UTC.

    Agencies Making Transmissions Abbreviations


    Traffic Management Unit, Arrival Director ADI
    Boston Center, Traffic Management Unit ZBW
    Cleveland Center, Traffic Management Unit ZOB
    Air Traffic Control System Command Center ATCSCC
    Unknown Agency Unknown
    Acting Air Traffic Division
    Manager, New England Region ANE-500
    New York Center, Supervisor Traffic Management STMC1
    New York Center, Operations Manager In Charge OMIC
    Office of Civil Aviation Security Intelligence ACI
    Washington Center, Traffic Management Unit ZDC
    New York TRACON N90
    Williamsport Air Traffic Control Tower IPTT

    I hereby certify that the following is a true transcription of the recorded conversations
    pertaining to the subject aircraft accident involving UAL175:

    9/11 Working-level Employee

    Quality Assurance Specialist


    NewYorkARTCC

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    1229:20 ADI new york center

    1229:22 ZBW hi new york boston is on right — waiting for Cleveland

    1229:27 ADI what do you got for us

    1229:28 ZOB Cleveland

    1229:33 ZBW hi Cleveland new york boston ah i got a little situation with
    american one one american eleven he is a uh seven fifty
    seven departed boston going to 1 a x um we don't know
    where the aircraft is going he um in ah supposedly going
    to 1 a x that was going westbound we lost his ah frequency
    then we lost his transponder and now the aircraft is ah just
    west of albany heading due south

    1229:59 ZOB oh my goodness ok — do we have do we have his ah a data


    block on him who's got the ah

    1230:06 ZBW yeah we we ah its a primary target presently heading ah


    ah ah it's southwestbound

    1230:11 ZOB ok um understand i'll i'll i'll advise the area

    1230:15 ZBW (unintelligible) right now

    1230:18 ZBW the last altitude ah observed was uh flight level two niner
    zero

    1230:20 ADI and you say he's heading southbound


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    1230-22 ZBW heading southwestbound he's like towards ah hancock uh


    right a right around there he's uh southwest of albany by
    one five miles

    1230:33 ADI and you have no idea where he's going

    1230:34 ZBW no idea sir

    1230:35 ADI allrightee

    1230:37 ATCSCC you can tag him on the t s d (unintelligible)

    1230:39 ADI yeah i got him tagged you say he's primary only

    1230:41 ZBW primary only

    1230:42 ADI ok we'11 watch him

    1230:43 ZBW (unintelligible) thank you


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    1249
    1249:02 Unknown hey terry torn try otis also

    1249:05 Unknown we did

    1249:07 Unknown anything any luck

    1249:09 Unknown no we did not have any luck that's why we down to
    atlantic city

    1249:12 Unknown ok

    1249:13 ANE-500 excuse me catarone acting air traffic division manager


    new england region is also on

    1249:19 STMC1 ok command center you on

    1249:23 ATCSCC command centers on

    1249:26 STMC1 ok are you are you i guess boston's getting in touch with
    atlantic city but do you have any direct line to the
    military ah for this incident

    1249:33 ATCSCC i believe the supervisor's going to the carf unit now

    1249:36 STMC1 ok

    1249:43 STMC1 here's some new information we ah we lost the primary


    target about twenty west of kennedy looks like and theres
    an e 11 report in that area
    1250

    1250:02 STMC1 anybody copy


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    1250:04 ZBW i'm sorry say that again please

    1250:07 STMC1 i said we we've well let me double looks like we lost a
    primary target about twenty west of kennedy and we had a
    report of an e 11 in the area we're gonna ah i guess we'll ah
    get some coast guard activity up there

    1250:22 ZBW yeah we lost the track too

    1250:24 OMIC ok boston this is new york ah what type of aircraft was the
    american

    1250:27 ZBW seven sixty seven

    1250:37 ACI this is the a c i watch say again if you lost uh track of the
    aircraft over

    1250:43 ZBW boston has lost track and on our frequency we had
    confirmed it was a hijack also on the tapes

    1250:49 STMC1 yeah new york confirms we've lost the track as well and we
    were ah we got a report of an e 11 in the area that the track
    was in
    1251

    1251:03 STMC1 kennedy tower reports

    12 51:04 Unknown are you serious

    1251:05 STMC1 kennedy tower reports that there was a fire at the world
    trade center and that's ah that's the area where we lost the
    airplane

    1251:50 STMC1 anybody on


    ZNY-ARTCC-.
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    1251:53 ZBW yeah boston's here

    1251:54 ATCSCC yeah ah you on on c n n news its on the news

    1252:00 ATCSCC it's on the news

    1252:01 STMC1 its on the news the airplane hit the trade center

    1252:02 ATCSCC yeah

    1252:12 STMC1 ok i i guess there's more no further use for new york center
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    1255:59 ADI new york center
    1256

    1256:01 ATCSCC hi new york waiting for boston here ah having some
    difficulties with the a r routes down to rrdami and fort
    lauderdale wash is on here gonna need your help getting
    some of those guys inland — you can go ahead and start
    with new york if you'd like bos ah wash

    1256:18 ZDC i'm sorry um i'm was just talking about that airplane thing
    that just happened

    1256:22 ATCSCC yeah

    1256:23 ZDC close the the a rs are closed now to miami and fort
    lauderdale make sure everybody's routed inland and you
    can go tell ah

    1256:27 ZBW boston


    ZNY-ARTCC
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    1256:28 ZDC hey boston and new york a rs are closed to miami and fort
    lauderdale route em all inland so ah til ah route the til ah
    until thirteen thirty for you guys

    1256:36 Unknown i understand

    1256:37 ZDC thanks


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    1302:41 ATCSCC okay

    1302:41 ZBW and and this is

    1302:42 ADI new york center

    1302:45 ZBW new york

    1302:46 ADI yeah

    1302:47 ZBW boston here um i'm ground stopped going into you

    1302:49 ADI yes please do because we've got another we've got a major
    problem here it's ground stop them all until i get back to
    you

    1302:54 ZBW ok

    1302:55 ADI alright

    1302:57 ATCSCC hey new york new york


    ZNY-ARTCC-i
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    1302:58 ADI yes

    1302:59 ATCSCC urn do we need to ground stop more then just boston

    1303:01 ADI well we've had a hit somebody hit the world trade center
    we've got another one aiming we just lost em we lost the
    second one now

    1303:06 Unknown somebody just said we had another one hit the world trade
    center

    1303:09 ADI we just had a second one hit the world trade center now
    you've got two

    1303:11 ATCSCC okay (unintelligible) going to and from new york center

    1303:13 ADI yes listen you got a second one just hit the world trade
    center you better ground stop everything coming here

    13 03:17 ATCSCC ok alright here we go


    1304

    1304:55 ADI new york center

    1304:59 ADI new york center


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    1306:33 ADI new york center

    1306:34 N90 yeah new york i need you to stop all arrival traffic into
    new york metropolitan area

    1306:38 ADI yeah stand by one second


    ZNY-ARTCC-,
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    1306:38 ATCSCC ah can you

    1306:39 ZBW boston center

    1306:40 N90 boston center i need you to stop all traffic into the new york
    tracon airspace

    1306:42 ADI command center

    1306:44 ZBW yeah we stopped everything

    1306:45 ATCSCC we got that (unintelligible) tracon

    1306:45 ADI command center

    1306:46 N90 okay thank you

    1306:46 ADI command center this is new york center forty eight
    hey wanda forty nine well new york centers at a t c zero

    1306:47 ATCSCC (unintelligible) everybody

    1306:47 N90 thank you

    1306:48 ATCSCC alright

    1306:49 N90 okay

    1306:52 ATCSCC say again

    1306:53 ADI a t e zero for new york center


    ZNY-ARTCL
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    1306:55 ATCSCC all right ah

    1306:55 Unknown yeah (unintelligible) Canadian orah

    1306:55 ATCSCC yeah


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    1311:58 ADI new york center

    1311:59 ATCS CC yeah severe weather's gonna try to work up routes around
    new york

    1312:01 Unknown okay

    1312:01 ADI new york center

    1312:03 ATCSCC yeah we new york ah just telling everybody we're ah


    ground stopping everybody landing or transiting ah new
    york center (unintelligible)

    1312:09 ADI yeah anything that's airborne they is not coming through
    here and don't let anything else off

    1312:13 ATCSCC ok you got it

    1312:13 ADI okay

    1312:55 ADI new york center

    1312:57 ATCSCC ah new york you can hang up we already got your ah we're
    just letting everybody know you're a t e zero
    ZNY-ARTC^
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    1313:02 ADI thank you


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    1321:49 ZDC Washington

    1321:51 ATCSCC standby please

    1321:53 N90 new york tracon joe

    1321:54 IPTT williamsport

    1321:55 ATCSCC standby please

    1321:56 IPTT williamsport

    1321:57 ATCSCC standby please

    1321:58 IPTT williamsport

    1321:59 Unknown (unintelligible)


    1322

    1322:03 ATCSCC standby please

    1322:07 ATCSCC has this already been done

    1322:09 IPTT williamsport


    ZNY-ARTC d
    UAL175

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    1322:10 N90 tracon watch desk

    1322:14 ATCSCC disregard this is the at a t c zero for new york center does
    everybody have that

    1322:22 Unknown (unintelligible)

    1322:24 ATCSCC standby please

    1322:28 ATCSCC new york centers declaring this is the command center
    time now is one three two two zulu new york center has
    declared a t e zero at this time anybody that has any
    aircraft inbound to the new york center area needs to find a
    place to hold em outside find a place to put them
    elsewhere again this is the command center time is one
    three two two z new york center has declared a t e zero at
    this time

    1322:50 IPTT williamsport got that (unintelligible)

    1322:55 ATCSCC command center's out


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    End of Transcript

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