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Memorandum
U.S.
Department
of
Transportation
Federal Aviation
Administration
subject
INFORMATION:
Transcription
of
9/11
Tapes;
Your
Memoof09/29/03
Date:
Reply
to
Attn
ol
rom:
Acting Manager.
Air
Traffic
Evaluations Branch,
AAT-130
TO:
Manager,
Air
Traffic
Evaluations
and
Investigations
Staff,
AAT-20This transcription
covers
theATCSCC positionfor thetime period from September11,
2001.
1232UTC, to
September
11, 2001,
1515
UTC.
Agencies Making Transmissions
Air
Traffic
Control System Command Center, NationalOperations Manager, NOM position line 4525Washington Operations Center ComplexUnknown caller
New
England RegionCleveland Air Route
Traffic
Control CenterAbbreviationsATCSCCWOCCUNKN
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ZOB
I
hereby
certify
that
the
following
is a
true transcription
of the
recorded conversations
pertaining
to the subject
9/11
tapes:
Daniel
E.
Koch
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may i
help
you
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ATCSCC hi jesse this is torn (unintelligible) from the watch desk command centerWOCC uhhuhi've just been given notification from
boston
center
um
they
were
workinga
flight
americaneleven departed boston logan going to
los
angeles phuffok can i put you on hold just a
second
this
concerning
the a
possible
hijack
yes
ok i want to put you guys on a bridge and we all gonna get in with ah oursecurity okokb monitor please stand by hello hey hey John is that yours is that yours arewe
still
onyes we got (unintelligible)hey torn let me put you on hold
(unintelligible)
i'm
going
to
have
to get a
different phone
now
based
on
what
you
what
was
heard
John
about what
was in the
cockpithey
torn
let me put you on hold
thanks
(unintelligible)
yeah
okok i
have smith
(unintelligible)
from
aci
watchnew england
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WOCC
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WOCC
UNKN
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UNKN
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yep i'mhere tony (unintelligible)western pacific hello
this
is
boston
center someone looking for meok goaheadandjust giveuswhat you'vegot on ah the ah
possible
hijack.
well
we
don't
think
this is a
possible
its
american
eleven
departed
boston
going to 1 a on a frequency of one twenty six point one twenty
seven
eightytwo the controllerheard whatwashappenedwaspossiblethepilothad keyed his mike when somebody was in the cockpit saying that ifanyone moves something
was
going
to
happen we're pulling
the
tapes
to
determine that right
now was
heading westbound when
it
happened north
of
Cambridge last assigned altitude
was
flight
level
two
niner
zero
he is
now
heading southbound over
the
kingston area heading
for the new
yorkcenter area
ok
what code
was he
squawking
he was squawking um
standby
you
know
whai
they
Changed
it to a
slantx-ray there is no code (unintelligible) we changed it to a slant x-raybecauseof ahthey turnedthetransponder offthepilotisoccasionally
clicking the
mike
or
holding
the
mike down while someone
is
talking
in
the cockpit so
we're
try to determine what
that
information isok i'm gonna leave you in this conference right nowok
you
copy that
ah
smithyeah
i got it
ok
this
is
mary (unintelligible) this
is
mary (intelligible) from boston
caslo
can you
give
the
flight
number again
is
that
flight
american airlines nightwhateleven
flight
eleven
ok
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