EXECUTIVESUMMARY
September
12,2001
On
September
11,2001,
several commercial air carrier
incidents,
believed to be terrorist-
related,
occurred in various locations in the United
States.
As numerous U.S. passenger
air
carriers were
involved,
this
has
impacted many
passengers
as
well
as
numerouspersonson thegroundinthese various crash
sites.
Thefollowingis asummaryof theevents, which have occurred:American Airlines Flight
11,
departed today from Boston Logan International Airport(BOS), bound for Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The
aircraft
type was a
Boeing
767-200 with eighty-one
passengers,
nine flight attendants and two crew hi thecockpit, which totaled 92 persons on this flight. At approximately
9:18 a.m.,
it was
reported
that
the two
crew members
in the
cockpit were stabbed.
The flight
thendescended with no communication from the flight crew members. The American
Airlines FAA
Principal Security Inspector (PSI)
was
notified
by
Suzanne Clark
ofAmerican
Airlines Corporate Headquarters, that
an on
board
flight
attendant contacted
American
Airlines Operations Center and informed that a passenger located in seat 10Bshot and killed a passenger in seat 9B at 9:20 am. The passenger
killed
was DanielLewin, shot
by
passenger
Satam
Al
Suqami.
One
bullet
was
reported
to
have been
fired.
The
flight
headed
in the
direction
of
John
F.
Kennedy International Airport (JFK).
At9:25
a,m.,this
flight
crashed directly into
one of the
towers
at the
World Trade Center.
At
11:26
a.m., a passenger
manifest
was obtained. The status of any
selectees
is as yetundetermined.
United
Airlines Flight
93
departed this morning,
from
Newark International Airport
(EWR)
bound
for San
Francisco International Airport
(SFO).
The
aircraft type
is
Boeing757, confirmation pending. The flight consisted of thirty-eight
passengers,
two pilots andfivecrew members, which totaled45personsonthisflight. Two
selectee
passengers(Christine Adams
and
Nicole Miller) were boarded
on
this
flight
with
no
unusualbehavior noted per the air carrier personnel and
screeners.
No cargo was on board this
flight One
unit
load
device
(ULD), was on
board containing1,510pounds
of
U.S. mail.
At
9:42
a.m.,
therewas areportof abomb threatonboard this flight
Passengers'
screams were heard in the cabin. At 10:05
a.m.,
the
Dlinois
State Police received a 9-1-1telephone call from a passenger on
that
flight, who reported three hijackers were on board
withfcnives
and
reportedlymade
a
bomb
threat.
The
three hijackers
wcrereported
to
berushing to the cockpitarea.At
10:12
a,m.,the flight crashed near
Sommerset,
PA. Thislocation is approximately 70-90 miles from Pittsburgh near Route 30.
United
Airlines Flight
175,
departed from Boston-Logan International Airport (BOS),
bound
for Los Angeles
International
Airport (LAX). This
aircraft
type was a Boeing 767.There
were
no
selectee
passengers on this flight. The flight
consisted
of
nine
crew
members
and forty-seven passengers, which totaled fifty-six persons on this flight. At9:30
aon.,
radar contact with
FAA air
traffic
control
was
lost.
At
9:43
a.m.,
United
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Airlines reported that
one
flight
attendant
was
stabbed
and two
crew members were --'
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killed. Thisflightcrashed directly intothesecond World Trade Center Tower.
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