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Ch5lDTKDRMlDAT220031224[l]
9/11 ATCSCC TAPE TRANSCRIPTION
DRMl
DAT2
CHANNEL
5 ID TK
Transcribed by
Milady
Lyons
From
audio tapes
provided
by Alderson
Reporting
Audible
timestamp:
12:31:0
MALE
SPEAKER 1: (inaudible.)
FEMALE
SPEAKER 1: Yeah, Huntress
calling
in
reference
to the
hijacked aircraft.
MALE
SPEAKER
1:
Yes?
FEMALE
SPEAKER 1: We re checking toget some information from you if we could.
MALE
SPEAKER 1:
okay,
what do youneed?
FEMALE
SPEAKER
1: We
need
call
sign,type aircraft.
MALE
SPEAKER
1:
It s
American
11.
FEMALE
SPEAKER
1:
American
11?
MALE
SPEAKER 1:
Type
aircraft is a767.on board
FEMALE
SPEAKER 1: And number of souls
do
you know
that?
MALE
SPEAKER
1: I
don t know. Holdon?
Hey
Danny, you
got
ou got souls on board
and all
that information?
MALE
SPEAKER 2: We don t have
any.
MALE
SPEAKER 1: we don t have any ofthat information.
FEMALE
SPEAKER 1: You don t have any
of
that? Okay.
MALE
SPEAKER 1: Right now the
position
is
about
40
miles
north of Kennedy.FEMALE SPEAKER
1: 40
miles north
of
Kennedy?
MALE SPEAKER 1:
Right.
FEMALE
SPEAKER 1: Do you have a mode
3?
MALE
SPEAKER
1: No, we
don t. He s
a
primary
target only.
FEMALE
SPEAKER 1: Primary target only?
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MALE
SPEAKER
1:
Yep.
FEMALE
SPEAKER 1:
okay.
And you don tknow where
he s
coming
from or destination?
MALE
SPEAKER
1: NO
idea.
He
took
Off
out of
Boston
originally
heading
for Los
Angeles.
(Inaudible.)
FEMALE
SPEAKER
1
Angeles?
MALE
SPEAKER 1:
destination.
Yeah.
FEMALE SPEAKER
1
where
are
they going
now?
MALE
SPEAKER
1:
:
Boston
to Los
That was his
original
(inaudible)
and
Do you know?
NO
idea.
He s
headingtowards
Kennedy,
it looks
like
the
speed
is
decreasing.
I m not
exactly
sure where. Nobody
really
...
FEMALE
SPEAKER 1: Are you the
controlling
agency
or is
(Haylor)?
MALE
SPEAKER
1:
Boston Center.
FEMALE
SPEAKER
1:
Boston Center?
MALE
SPEAKER
1: we
now,
e
are,
he s
heading
for New York Center.
FEMALE
SPEAKER 1: And is there any
military
assistance requested?
MALE
SPEAKER 1:
Yes,
right
at
thistime
we need to get Fl5s to ...
FEMALE
SPEAKER
1:
Yes?
Did
you
wantFl5s
out?
MALE
SPEAKER
1: Yeah
F15S
OUt of
Oti s.
FEMALE
SPEAKER 1: But you
don t
have
a, you
don t
have
any
modes
or
codes
on
him?MALE SPEAKER
1: Not
right
now.
Right
now
it s
just
_ we don t
have
any
mode 3.
FEMALE
SPEAKER
1: Is he
inbound
to
JFK?MALE
SPEAKER
1: We, we
don t know.
FEMALE
SPEAKER
1: You
don t know where
he is at all?
MALE
SPEAKER 1:
He s
being hijacked.The
pilot s
having
a hard time talking to the
...
I
mean,
we
don t
know,
we
don t know where
e s
going.
He s
heading towards Kennedy. He s,
like
I
said,
he s
like
35 miles north of Kennedy
ow,
at
367
knots.
FEMALE
SPEAKER
1:
Okay.
MALE
SPEAKER 1: No idea where
he s
going.
FEMALE
SPEAKER
1:
if
you
could please
give
us a
call
and
let
us know, you know, any
information,
that would be great.
MALE
SPEAKER
1:
Okay. Right
now I
uess
we re
trying
to
work
on _ I
guess
there s
een some threats
in
the cockpit.
FEMALE
SPEAKER
1: There s
been
what?
I m
sorry?
MALE
SPEAKER
1:
We ll
call
you
right
back
as soon as we know
more
info.
FEMALE
SPEAKER
1:
Thank
you.
MALE
SPEAKER
1:
Okay.
MALE
SPEAKER 1: Last known altitude isPage
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(inaudible).
Before that
he was
requesting
_
hold
on, it
looks
like
he was
requesting
flightlevel
350.
FEMALE SPEAKER
1: Okay,
all
we re
asking
is
your mode
3.
Your mode
3 _ did youassign
any
mode
3 to
that
aircraft?
MALE
SPEAKER
1: The
original
was
the
original
was ... no,
hold
on.MALE
SPEAKER
1: We
don t
have
any
mode
3
right
now.
FEMALE
SPEAKER 1: Nothing you guys
...
MALE
SPE KER
1: I
can
see
he
primary
target
only.
I
don t
even
know
what
his
original
_
I
can
try and
find
his
original
mode
3.
FEMALE
SPEAKER
1:
Yeah,
yeah,
that s
all
we
need.
MALE SPEAKER
1:
MALE SPEAKER
1:
FEMALE
SPEAKER
1:MALE SPEAKER
1:
1443.
Thank
you.
question?
Hold
on.
Hello?Yes, go ahead.
His original
code
was
FEMALE
SPEAKER
1:
1443
Copy
that.
si
r.
MALE
SPEAKER 1:
FEMALE
SPEAKER
1:
Okay.
And
one moreMALE SPEAKER
1:
Yep?
FEMALE
SPEAKER
1: Any
aircraft close
by
him that you can give a mode 3?,MALE SPEAKER
1: I
think
we re
workingon that.
I
don t have anybody next
to him
right
now,
but
...
FEMALE
SPEAKER
2:
...
11.
FEMALE
SPEAKER
1:
okay.
And we re
trying
to
locate
any
information
as far as a
location
where
he is
currently,
a
mode
3, do you
have
any
information
whatsoever?
FEM LE
SPEAKER 2: I do
not
Hold
on
one
second
F cc>l£y
B CKGROUND
FEMALE:
(inaudible.)
what?
do
you
(inaudible)
from
American
11?
xoU/vT/2f^FEMALE
SPE KER
1:
American
11?
Okay
FEM LE SPE KER
1:
Huntress
ID
(inaudible),
can
help
you?
j-CloCft
M LE SPE KER
2:
Yes,
hi,
good
morning,
this
is
New
York
Military calling
at
New
York
center.
«
rj
U/^^TEMALE
SPE KER
1: How you
doing?
T^L-SCMl
M LE SPE KER
2:
Good. Good.
Our
watch
supervisor
needs
a
number
for a
possiblehijacking.
He
wants
to
call
somebody
in
case
they
need
some
assistance
with
your
fighter jets.
FEMALE
SPE KER
1:
Alrighty.
Our
phone
number
is
gonna
be _ DSN or
commercial?
M LE SPE KER
2:
t
would
be
commercial
out there.
iti v gtt
FEM LE SPE KER
1:
okay,
it s
gonna
be
area code
315
...
M LE SPE KER
2:
315.
SPE KER
1: NO,
they
want
the
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