United Airlines Flight 93 - Passengers Recovered Control of Aircraft

PASSENGERS REGAINED CONTROL OF FLIGHT 93 - A PILOT WAS AT THE CONTROLS AND TURNED THE TRANSPONDER BACK ON

September 11, 2001

Transcript within the FAA Command Center, between the National Traffic Management Officer, East Position ("ntmo-e") and Doug Davis of the Operations Center ("doug"). Relevant parts have been highlighted.

1401 (10:01AM)

ntmo-e: united 93

ntmo-e: was waving his wings as he went past the v f r aircraft they don't quite know what that means rocking his wings

1405 (10:05 a.m.)

ntmo-e: ok united ninety three we're now receiving a transponder on and he is at eighty two hundred feet

doug: now transponder and he's eighty two-hundred

ntmo-e: southeastbound still

doug: eighty two hundred feet and now getting a transponder on him

ntmo-e: correct

doug: ok buddy

10:06

ntmo-e: ok we've lost radar contact with united ninety three

doug: all right

10:07

ntmo-e: sixteen south of Johnstown where they lost united ninety three and it was heading turning one four zero heading

doug: which will put him to what do you think

ntmo-e: uh I guess that put him down coming right just west of Dulles

doug: ok

ntmo-e: if he stays on that heading of course

doug: how we doing John with getting stuff on the ground

ntmo-e: uuhh we're the're not the're still going to their original destinations if you look at TSD you'll see that the eastern part of the unites states is thinning out

doug: ok

ntmo-e: uh you know airports like dulles uh new york there we have no aircraft going into there

doug: ok

10:08

ntmo-e: ok uh there is now on the on united ninety three

doug: yes

ntmo-e: there is now a report of black smoke in the last position I gave you fifteen miles of Johnstown

doug: from the airplane or from the ground

ntmo-e: uhh they're speculating it's from the aircraft

doug: ok bud

ntmo-e: uhh who hit the ground that's what they're speculation it's speculation only

doug: ok

10:10

doug: hey john

ntmo-e: yes

doug: do we have anything on delta nineteen eighty nine is she still heading to cleveland?

ntmo-e: delta nineteen eighty nine was returning to Cleveland and they were no longer treating it like a hijacked aircraft

doug: ok

ntmo-e: I don't know if he's landed ok; the last position of united I'm going to give some coordinates united ninety three
doug: yes

ntmo-e: three nine five one north zero seven eight four six west

doug: zero seven eight four six

ntmo-e: west

doug: west

doug: all right

ntmo-e: you got the thirty nine fifty one north

doug: ya thirty nine fifty one north zereo seven eighty four six west

ntmo-e: that's the last known position of united ninety three

http://www.scribd.com/doc...Position-3-Fdr-Transcript

SUMMARY:

United 93 switched on the transponder at 10:05 (two minutes after its "official story" crash), and the transponder indicated an altitude of 8200 ft. It is heading southeast.

One minute later, at 10:06, radar contact with United 93 is lost, at the position 39,51 north, 78,46 west. This point is about 13 miles southeast of the crash site.

SOURCE: http://www.scribd.com/doc/14141827/NYC-B1-NTMO-East-Position-3-Fdr-Transcript

TARGET: FLIGHT #
SCHEDULED
DEPARTURE TIME
& PLANNED
ATTACK ORDER:

ACTUAL
DEPARTURE
TIME :

RUNNING
LATE BY: HIJACKED AT: TIME CRASHED: COMMENTS:

WTC 1 American # 11 7:45 AM Attack # 1 7:59 AM FIRST 14 minutes 8:20AM +/- 8:45 AM Attack # 1

WTC 2 United #175 7:58 AM Attack # 2 8:14 AM SECOND 16 minutes 8:42AM +/- 9:03 AM Attack # 2 Target hit 18 minutes after first attack

PENTAGON American # 77 8:10 AM Attack # 4 8:20 AM THIRD 10 minutes 9:12AM +/- 9:37 AM Attack # 3 Target hit 34 minutes after second attack

WTC 7 United # 93 8:01 AM Attack # 3 8:42 AM FOURTH 41 minutes 9:29AM +/-
10:06 AM
Mission was aborted at 10:03AM and flight was diverted, taking a nearly 45 degree turn clockwise.

Transponder was turned back on at 10:05AM when UA93 was at altitude 8200', approx. thirteen miles southeast of the eventual crash site.

See Transcript

Flight was too far out to reach WTC 7 in a timely manner without raising further suspicions. United 93 was remotely rerouted over a sparsely populated area.

The plane was fired upon.

At a speed of 580 mph, from a height of 8200 ft, 13 miles out, this aircraft could have hit the ground in less than ten seconds. Like KAL 007, however, UA93 also managed to stay aloft for a short period of time (approx. one minute) after it was struck.

Radar contact was lost at 10:06AM.

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TARGET:	FLIGHT #	SCHEDULED DEPARTURE TIME & PLANNED ATTACK ORDER:	ACTUAL DEPARTURE TIME :	RUNNING LATE BY:	HIJACKED AT:	TIME CRASHED:	COMMENTS:
WTC 1	American # 11	7:45 AM Attack # 1	7:59 AM FIRST	14 minutes	8:20AM +/-	8:45 AM Attack # 1
WTC 2	United #175	7:58 AM Attack # 2	8:14 AM SECOND	16 minutes	8:42AM +/-	9:03 AM Attack # 2	Target hit 18 minutes after first attack
PENTAGON	American # 77	8:10 AM Attack # 4	8:20 AM THIRD	10 minutes	9:12AM +/-	9:37 AM Attack # 3	Target hit 34 minutes after second attack
WTC 7	United # 93	8:01 AM Attack # 3	8:42 AM FOURTH	41 minutes	9:29AM +/-	10:06 AM Mission was aborted at 10:03AM and flight was diverted, taking a nearly 45 degree turn clockwise. Transponder was turned back on at 10:05AM when UA93 was at altitude 8200', approx. thirteen miles southeast of the eventual crash site. See Transcript	Flight was too far out to reach WTC 7 in a timely manner without raising further suspicions. United 93 was remotely rerouted over a sparsely populated area. The plane was fired upon. At a speed of 580 mph, from a height of 8200 ft, 13 miles out, this aircraft could have hit the ground in less than ten seconds. Like KAL 007, however, UA93 also managed to stay aloft for a short period of time (approx. one minute) after it was struck. Radar contact was lost at 10:06AM.