9.11 Terrorist Attack

  • 8:46 am

    8:46 am
    In response to American 11's hijacking, Otis Air Force Base receives an order to scramble F-15s. Military officials ask for a destination for the fighter planes. None is known. At the same time of the order, American 11 crashes into the World Trade Center North Tower.
  • 8:13 am , September 11 , 2001

    8:13 am , September 11 , 2001
    An air controller instructs American 11 to climb to 35,000 feet, and the aircraft fails to respond. The controller tries using the emergency frequency to contact the aircraft but there is no response.
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    9.11 Terrorist Attack

  • 11:18 am

    11:18 am
    American Airlines says it has lost two planes. The airline says American Flight 11, a Boeing 767, en route from Boston to Los Angeles, and Flight 77, a Boeing 757 flying from Dulles Airport to San Francisco, had crashed.
  • 11:59 AM

    11:59 AM
    United Airlines confirms that Flight 175 has crashed with 56 passengers and nine crew members aboard.
  • 11:26

    11:26
    United Airlines announces the crash of United Flight 93 southeast of Pittsburgh.
  • 10:03 am

    10:03 am
    United Airlines Flight 93, en route from Newark, N.J., to San Francisco with 38 passengers, two pilots and five flight attendants aboard, crashes about 60 miles southeast of Pittsburgh