T8 B8 Miles Kara Docs (3) Timelines FDR - On Top - Various Timelines (Media Time Lines - 1st Pgs For Reference)
T8 B8 Miles Kara Docs (3) Timelines FDR - On Top - Various Timelines (Media Time Lines - 1st Pgs For Reference)
T8 B8 Miles Kara Docs (3) Timelines FDR - On Top - Various Timelines (Media Time Lines - 1st Pgs For Reference)
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FLIGHT 11 TIMELINE: PARTIAL (AIRLINE AWARENESS)
TIME (EOT) SOURCE EVENT
08:19 FBI Airphone Analysis Betty Ong Call to Raleigh Reservations (Minter) begins
08:21 AA Transcripts/Recordings Nydia Gonzalez joins Ong Call, calls Craig Marquis
08:22 FBI Airphone Analysis Amy Sweeney Call to Boston (didn't go through)
08:23 AA Transcripts/Recordings Ong-Raleigh recording ends
08:24 FBI Airphone Analysis Amy Sweeney Call to Boston (didn't go through)
08:25 AA Transcripts/Recordings Craig Marquis-Peggy Houck Call
08:25 FBI Airphone Analysis Amy Sweeney Call to Evelyn Nunez (cut off)
Woodward MFR
08:29 AA Transcripts/Recordings Bill Halleck Call to Boston ATC
08:29 FBI Airphone Analysis Amy Sweeney Call to Boston (didn't go through)
Woodward MFR
08:32 FBI Airphone Analysis Amy Sweeney Call to Michael Woodward begins
Woodward MFR
08:33 AA Transcripts/Recordings Bill Halleck reports to Craig Marquis on ATC
information (including threatening voices heard from
cockpit and loss of transponder)
08:40 AA Transcripts/Recordings Nancy Wyatt (BOS)-Ray Rowland Call begins
08:41 AA Transcripts/Recordings Craig Marquis tells (Halleck?) to have ATC treat as
emergency
08:42 AA Transcripts/Recordings First Gonzalez-Marquis tape ends
08:44 AA Transcripts/Recordings Ray Howland reports Amy Sweeney Call to Craig
Marquis
08:44 AA Transcripts/Recordings Loss of contact with Betty Ong and Amy Sweeney
08:45 AA Transcripts/Recordings End of Gonzalez-Marquis Call
08:48 AA Transcripts/Recordings End of Wyatt-Howland Call
Chronology of Events
September 11,2001
11 Sep 01
9:58am DAJL1989, reported out of FL220 landing CLE as a precaution, NOT A HIJACK
10:01 am UAL93, B757, EWR..SFO bomb aboard, 40 miles SE PIT headed eastbound spotted by a
VFR at 075
10:03am AEA reprts that a fast moving twin from Pougipsee towards world trade center
10:10am Receiving 911 calls from UAL93 40 SE Johnston, PA and black smoke
10:15am UAL93 is down, confirmed by C130 after site, in mountains SE Johnstown Somerset, PA
10:18am Aircraft 160 east of Nantucket westbound high rate of speed headed toward BOS
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Chronology of Events
September 11,2001
1029 ZDC Reports loss of radar with MEP411 (MidWest Express MD80) over BUCKO, WV
1039 DAL1989 parked in secure area/no one exited a/c yet (pilot says he is not being hijacked)
1040 N4 (US attorney general) over Toledo refuses to land (wants to continue to ADW)
1043 Camp David (conflicting reports) A/C northeast on fire, but Camp David OK
1055 ZBW evacuated when CG flight reported heading toward BOS (will try to get controllers
back in building)
1056 AEA to release controllers with relatives who work at World Trade Center
Chronology of Events
September 11,2001
1057 N4 inbound to DC A (ETA 1200) should be cleared
1058 ZOB local police reports A7C circling ZOB—will release personnel if needed
1110 NTSB told ORD controllers not to return to facility—FAA countermanded NTSB order
1111 N4 reportedly diverted to Richmond; military advised that they need to work with ATC
to release med evac aircraft in NY/DC area
1114 Attempting to get General Cavanaugh (FAA head of security) from Puerto Rico back to
US
1116 DAL1898 confirmed by security HIJACK at CLE ATC - communication with pilot does
not confirm
"HI'S —USCG-outuft<Drfo1k7epons^emving-distress"ca11s^oTrnrrree^ircraftXt;l7V'94:7/COA ~
57/Air Canada 065)
1128 JFK: three alleged Middle Eastern persons refuse to debark from UAL23 at Gate 2,
Terminal 7
] 130 NWA51 from Frankfort, Germany—Canada will not allow to land in Canadian
airspace—originally inbound for DTW
Chronology of Events
September 11,2001
1)31 Southwest of Nashville: G3 with Secretary of the Navy requests permission to land—
referred to ATCSCC
1132 Army 60180 (PAT 108) enroute from San Juan, PR to West Palm Beach, FL then to
ADW (with FAA head of Security—General Cavanaugh)
1133 Lt. Col. Mark Bucknell, J-5 (NMCC), will work military restrictions to MED-EVAC
aircraft in NY/NJ area
1134 UAL947 over BANKS (Fix in the ocean) heading toward Gander, Nova Scotia (worked
by Gander ACC)
1135 Life Parts (Medivac) flights will be coordinated wilh Military case-by-case
1145 Some controllers working some of the crisis aircraft are traumatized and need relieved
1146 All three a/c thai USCG reported hearing distress calls are accounted for (all OK)
1147 Some controllers in NY area are refusing to report to work (to be ordered to work)
1152 COA57 est. 60W at 1515Z and No confirmation on UAL947 from Moncton Proposal
only
1155 N4 inbound to DC A;
1157 Canada now refusing to allow any a/c to land in Canadian airspace (ATCSCC will try to
turn a/c around)
1158 NMCC still determining that medevacs. USCG. and law enforcement to be released
NMCC phone #sf 9/11 Agency Internal Matters I
1201 Monte Beiger contacting NAV Canada (Mr. Creighton) regarding ability of Canada to
receive divert a/c)
1205 Asst Dir/FBl: FBI requesting release of Ross 72, Cessna Citation, (Ike Nakamoto) from
Manassas to Hilton Head then back with FBI director
1206 Nine aircraft over oceanic airspace inbound to US—OK to divert to Canada (confirmed
between Monte Beiger and Mr. Creighton)
1207 AAT, el al, to go from tower to west side of field by Air Cargo (General Aviation Corp)
to be picked up by N2
1212 800 220 9381 Sat phone at AEA in case commercial phones lost
1213 AGL reports UAL809 (B767) on ground at Rockford (UPS area) potential bomb threat
1214 AGL reports DAL 1889 is deplaning on ground; FBI to search a/c
1222 ATCSCC is moving ATSC into larger room to work on releases of a/c
1227 COA 57 landed in Gander; seven a/c still airborne over oceanic airspace inbound to US—
diverting to Canada; UAL 947 returned to Europe
Status update: 1203Z: (some speculation) Sirkorsky helicopter N601S from Poughkeepsie (#1 to hit
WTC)—at about that time, a primary target, perhaps UAL 175
AAL11 (2nd a/c at WTC—hit south tower)
UAL175 (3rd a/c to hit WTC)
AAL77 (B757) (hit Pentagon)
UAL93 (B767) (crashed in PA, west of Camp David)
1247 ZNY: N911LV (0476); Nl 16MB (0474); N109UP: Medivacs from ABE to NYC
1255 TEB will be emergency ops center; Floyd Bennet Field (law enforcement ops center)
1305 AEA-500 advised that AAL 11 voice tapes on intranet web site; will be taken off and no
more data put on web sites
1319 All releases currently required to go through NORAD; trying to implement system with
bank of codes for medivac releases
Chronology of Events
September 11,2001
1320 KAL085 flight inbound to LAX reports being hijacked through ARINC (confirming with
AWP) ZLA reports KALI (B747-400) inbound to LAX successfully landed at SFO an
hour ago—maybe same a/c
1323 KAL017 to LAX (ZOA never worked); trying to confirm; ATCSCC confirms KAL017
diverted Vancouver;
1329 KAL085 confirms with ZAN they are not being hijacked
1336 State police reported helicopter over nuclear power plant Wilkes Barre
1340 AWP reports five aircraft refuse to divert; will advise Admiral Blair
1342 Alaska region reports unidentified aircraft circling ANC and numerous aircraft circling
over ANC who are short on fuel
1353 AEA will use bank of codes for ABE (0420-0431) and for N90 (5601-5611) and will
contact Ah/(J(J relocated at Boiling (ZU2~4U4~337TJ
1357 B747, reported by citizens, flying up Hudson (citizen report); F15s refueling over Long
Island will take look; later reported that a/c was probably refueler
1358 AF1 still displayed on TSD; may have been removed for security reasons
1438 Advisory 41 issued Requests to use NAS will be authorized for military, law
enforcement, life guard and med evac flights, (need actual words from Advisory 41)
1517 AWP reports confirmed bomb found in parking lot #2 at LAX; LAX ATCT evacuating
1522 Individual call signs/beacon codes still required for individual releases
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September 11: Chronology of terror
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September 12, 2001 Posted: 12:27 PM EOT (1627 GMT)
WEATHER 8:45 a.m. (all times are EDT): A hijacked passenger jet, American Airlines Flight
BUSINESS Boston, Massachusetts, crashes into the north tower of the World Trade Center, tt
gaping hole in the building and setting it afire.
POLITICS
9:03 a.m.: A second hijacked airliner, United Airlines Flight 175 from Boston,
crashes into the south tower of the World Trade Center and explodes. Both
buildings are burning.
ENTERTAINMENT
TRAVEL 9:17 a.m.: The Federal Aviation Administration shuts down all New York City
EDUCATION
area airports.
Plane hi
9:21 a.m.: The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey orders all bridges
QUICK NEWS and tunnels in the New York area closed.
COMMUNITY 9:30 a.m.: President Bush, speaking in Sarasota, Florida, says the country has suffered ;
MULTIMEDIA terrorist attack."
E-MAIL SERVICES
CNN ON PDA
ABOUT US
9:40 a.m.: The FAA halts all flight operations at U.S. airports, the first time in U.S. hist
traffic nationwide has been halted.
what's on
9:43 a.m.: American Airlines Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon, sending up a huge pli
show transcriots Evacuation begins immediately.
CNN Headline News
CNN International 9:45 a.m.: The White House evacuates.
10:05 a.m.: The south tower of the World Trade Center collapses, plummeting into the
A massive cloud of dust and debris forms and slowly drifts away from the building.
10:08 a.m.: Secret Service agents armed with automatic rifles are deployed into
Lafayette Park across from the White House.
10:10 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 93, also hijacked, crashes in Somerset
County, Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh. Pentagc
10:13 a.m.: The United Nations building evacuates, including 4,700 people from the he
building and 7,000 total from UNICEF and U.N. development programs.
10:22 a.m.: In Washington, the State and Justice departments are evacuated, along with
Bank.
10:24 a.m.: The FAA reports that all inbound transatlantic aircraft flying into the Unite*
being diverted to Canada.
UA175
Notification o^oj. 08:43 09:05 c/SV-S 09:05 O tH q 08:43 09:05
Scramble None 08:46 e^vC na
Impact 09:03 09:02 09:02 OT? •»*? «2k 09:03 09:02 O902t. 09:02 09:03
AA77
Notification 09:34 09:24 09:24 Qc-fii^ 09:24 09:24 O9i^ 09:24 09:24 09:34
Scramble None 09:24 09:24 o^a-y O^A.4 09:24 09:24
Airborne 09:30 09:30 0°'-* 0 09:30 09:35 0«?3c, 09:30
Impact 09:38 09:37 09:37 O? j :; 09:43 09:37 0^3,^1 09:37 09:43 09:37
UA93
Notification 'OC>~7 09:16/10:07 rrvCx, 09:16/10:07 09:16/10:07 09:16/10:07 10:06
Scramble None 09:24
Impact 10:03 10:03 10:03 /c '^'* 10:03 10:03 yoo^ 10:03 10:03 10:03
D1989
Notification 09:27/09:41 09:27/09:41 09:27/09:41 09:27
Landed 10:11 09:47 09:47 09:47
Canada Flight