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FOR
OFFICIAL
USE
ONLYTranscripts
from
Voice Recorder
11
September
2001
1227Z-1417Z
Northeast
Air
Defense
Sector,
Rome,NY
MEMO
FOR
RECORD:
21
SEP 01. Due to an
equipment malfunction,
the
rest
of the
information
recorded
on DRM 2. DAT 2. was
lost.
The
incident
tape
was in the
data
recorder
for
playback purposes
by
SSgt James
D
Tollack,
305
OSS, McGuire AFB,
who was
performing
the
transcription, when
the
computer equipment failure occurred.
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FOROFFICIALUSEONLYTranscripts
from
Voice
Recorder
11
September 2001
1227Z-1417Z
Northeast Air Defense
Sector,
Rome, NY(DRM
2, Dat 2 -
Channel
14)
12:37:24
O
HUNTRESS WEAPONS,
SGT
POWELL"'
:37
X ALRIGHT, BOSTON CENTER TMU, WE HAVE A PROBLEM HERE,WE HAVE A HIJACKED AIRCRAFT HEADED TOWARDS NEW YORKAND
WE
NEED
YOU
GUYS
TO, WE
NEED SOMEONE
TO
SCRAMBLE SOME
F16'S
OR
SOMETHING
TO
HELP
US OUT
:40
O IS THIS
REALJWQRLD
OR AN EXERCISE
:41
X NO.
THIS
IS
REAL WORLD, THIS
IS NOT AN
EXERCISE.
NOT A
TEST
:43
O HEH, AH, HOLD ON A SECOND, OKAY
:44 X YUP
:46X(OFFLINE) HEY,HEY .HEY, SERIOUSLY DUDE BIGTIME
12:38:32 O
SIR, SIR,
SIR:35 X YES SIR
:35 O YEAH, I GOT AN MCC COMING IN RIGHT NOW TO TALK TO YOUSO YOU CANHANDLEALLTHAT
:39 X
THANK
YOU
:40
O YES SIR
^N&^
12:39:00 O HI. THIS IS MAJ
DESJONS
:01
X HI. JOE COOPER. BOSTON CENTER <O YES
JOE>
WE HAVE A
HIJACKED
AIRCRAFT HEADED TOWARDS THE NEW YORKMETRO AREA, WONDERING IF YOU COULD, UMM, SENDSOMEONE UP THERE <O NEW YORK
METRO>
SOME F
1
6S
MAYBEOUT OFOTIS:
1
3
O OKAY, DO YOU
HAVE
A MODE 3 ON IT <X
NOPE>
DO YOUHAVE A MODE 3 CODE:
1
7 XNOPE,IT IS
JUST
APRIMARY TARGET ONLY,WE
LOST,
UMM,WELOST THE UMM MODE, MODE C ON IT, SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO GET
UP
IN THE AIR AND WE WOULD HAVE
TO_yECTORYOUTg
WARDSTHE AIRCRAFT
'
~~~
-
OK, OK, SO
YDLLWQULD
WANJJTO
CONTROL
THE
INTERCEPT
BECAUSE
<X WE
HAVF.
TO> BECAUSE YOU
X
WE HA
VETO.
YES,
LINTILYOU
GUYS CAN PICK HIM UP ONPRIMARY RADAR:33
tTOK,
SO~YOU
HAVE
A
GENERAL LOCATION
TO
WHERE
HE IS
:34 X
WE'RE
STILL TRACKING HIM RIGHT NOW:35 O YOUR STILL TRACKING HIM RIGHT NOW, CAN YOU, CAN
YOU
GIVEUSALA11LON.
WHERE YOU THINK HE IS FOR OUR S A.
:37 X
YEAH, HOLD
ON A
SECOND
12:39:38
(MAJ DESKINS
OFF
CHANNEL
14,
PICKS
UP
LINE
WITHBOSTON
TMU
FROM
POSLTIDKQN
CHANNEL
13)"
~
:45 X YOU READY
:45
O GO AHEAD
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTranscripts
from
Voice Recorder
11
September
2001
1227Z-1417Z
Northeast Air Defense Sector, Rome. NYDRM
1. Dat 2
Channel
4
ID!
- OP
Position
12:38:23
"IDT
WHAT. YOUR
KIDDING.
REAL WORLD:34
"ID 1" WHO BOSTON <"BACKGROUND" CALL
BOSTON>12:38:38O OPEN LINE
:45 X
BOSTON CENTER
MILITARY
:46 O UH
YEAH. HUNTRESS CALLING
IN
REFERENCE
TO THE
HIJACKED
AIRCRAFT<X YES> WE'RE CHECKING
TO GET
SOME INFORMATION
IF
WE COULD
:51
X
OKAY. OKAY. WHAT
DO YA
NEED:53 O CALL SIGN. TYPE AIRCRAFT
:54
X IT'S AMERICAN ONE ONE:56
O
AMERICAN
ONE ONE
:58 X UH, HUH. TYPE AIRCRAFT, IS A UH, SEVEN SIXTY SEVEN12:39:02
O AND
NUMBER
OF
SOLES
ON
BOARD,
DO YOU
KNOW THAT
:04
X UMM
1.1
DON'T
KNOW THAT, HOLD ON, HEY DAVE DO
YOU
KNOW SOLES
ON
BOARD
AND ALL
THAT
INFORMATION
<"BACKGROUND.
BOSTON SIDE"
WE
DON'T
HAVE
ANY
INFORMATION
X
NO WE
DONT
HAVE THAT INFORMATION
:12
O YOU
DON'T
HAVE NAY OF THAT<X NO>
:
15
X
RIGHT
NOW HIS
POSITION
IS
ABOUT FORTY MILES NORTHOF KENNEDY
:
17
<O FORTY MILES NORTH OF
KENNEDY>
:17
X
RIGHT
:18
O YOU
HAVE
A
MODE THREE
:19
X
NO
WE DON'T.
HE'S
A
PRIMARY
TARGET ONLY
:21
O A
PRIMARY
TARGET ONLY<XYUP>:23
O
OKAY,
AN YOU
DON'T KNOW WHERE HE'S COMING FROMOR
DES1INATION
:27
X NO
IDF.A.
HE TOOK OFF OUT OF BOSTON ORIGINALLY
HEADING
FOR.UH. LOSANGELOS
:32 O
BOS11
>N
TO LOS
ANGELOS
:35 X
THAT
WAS
HIS ORIGINAL
DESTINATION YEAH
:37 O AND V
HERE
ARE
THEY GOING NOW,
DO YOU
KNOW
:39
X NO
ID!
A. HE'S HEADING TOWARDS
KENNEDY,
IT LOOKSLIKE
HI
SPEED
IS
DECREASING.
UMM, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE, NOBODY
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