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Kennedy International Airport North Carolina airline employee loses phone contact with the flight attendant. It is the flight's last communication with the ground A flight attendant calls the airline's San Francisco office and reports the plane has been hijacked, both pilots killed, a flight attendant stabbed and hijackers probably flying the plane The flight takes a heading toward New York City The plane strikes the World Trade Center's South Tower South Tower collapses in 10 seconds American Airlines Flight 77 American Airlines 77 departs from Dulles for Los Angeles Flight deviates from assigned course.
Two minutes later transponder is turned off An American Airlines executive learns communications have been lost with flight, making it American's second plane in trouble. American makes the ground stop nationwide after learning a United Airlines plane is missing Flight 77 autopilot disengaged Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport advises U. Plane makes a degree turn and points toward Pentagon and downtown Washington Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon United Airlines Flight 93 United Airlines 93 departs from Newark for San Francisco Flight 93 suddenly drops feet meters.
Coast Guard led an evacuation of more than , people from lower Manhattan following the World Trade Center attacks. Most perished either after entering the buildings following the plane crashes or by being hit by debris outside. World Trade Center Building 7, a story building adjacent to the Twin Towers, collapses after debris falling from neighboring buildings caused it to catch fire. The Sept. Produced by: Elissa Curtis and Angela Owens.
This was the first time such an order had been given in United States aviation history. By that time, though, Flight 93 was not responding to any orders. At about a. The passengers and crew were forced to the back of the plane and told to be quiet. Using airfones, passengers and crew began making calls to report the hijacking. They soon learned the shocking news about the other hijacked planes and quickly realized that Flight 93 was part of a larger attack on America.
This realization led to a vote and a collective decision to fight back. In just over 30 minutes, this diverse group of people on Flight 93 developed a plan and put it into action. The cockpit voice recorder reader discretion advised captured the sounds of their struggle: shouts, screams, calls to action, and sounds of breaking glassware. To stop the uprising, the terrorist piloting the aircraft began to roll it to the left and right, and pitch the nose up and down.
In its final moments, the plane turned upside down as it passed over rural Western Pennsylvania. The terrorists remained in control of the plane and chose to crash it rather than risk the passengers and crew regaining control of the aircraft.
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