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Departmentof
Transportation
-ederal
Aviation Administration
•
0929:29
-ZOB-cSrifroninety-three;
September 11,2001
asked
UAL93,"United
iree-five-zero
(thirty^five
thousand
Tfiere
was^ro
r
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indicating
3020, then
changing again to 3321. 2NY~atrtraffic
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ofVj^
made
se^fraTatterjipts to
contacfUAL^/
theskcodes
with UAL175. Consequently,
without-r&ceiving
anjn-Msknowledgement.
the
secondary radar (transponder)
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0924*50
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information
beganto coast and was
ZOB
controller
began
moLg
other
I/
noTdnge£associated
with the
primary
aircraft
away from
UALjDS
due to
lack
of
f
acknowledgementqf-any/radib^
f
transmissions.
SevieraHsther
aiteraft
on Ithe frequency confirmed unusual
sound?
of
an
unknown orgin.
The altitude^ OfJtBU.9:
again indicated thirty-five thousand feet.
•0813:47
ZBW
instructed
AAL11
"AmericanEleven,
now,
climband maintain
flight
level
three-five-zero
(thirty-five
thousand
feet)."
,There
was-ne-actmewledgement tothis
transmission and one
minutelater
AAL11
appears
toJie
turning
to the
ri£jbt^
^
radar return.
Note:
The
controllercommunicating with UALITSthe
flight
trackofAALTlTBasedon
coordinate,
receivedfronyZBW indicating
apossiblehijact,
mostof
the"
n was-focoseffon
AAL11.
7
began
a
left turn towards
the
south
without
air
raffic
authorization.
P
iltitudeindicated thirty-five thousandShortly after the
turn,
the aircraft
observed
descending.
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United
Airlines
Flight
175,
H767
ItoNlon
- Los
Angeles
Departed
Itoston:
8:14
A.M.
KDST
World
Trade Center:
9:03
A.M,
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TIME AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT UNITEDAIRLINESFLIGHT175UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT93
0756:27 Boston Airport
Traffic
Control Tower(BOS) issued taxi instructions
to
AAL11.
0800:00
AAL11 began takeoff
roll,
runway
4
Right, Boston Logan
International
Airport.
0804:55
Boston Airport
Traffic
Control Tower(BOS) issued taxi instruction
toUAL175.
0809:17 AAL11
established radio contact
with
Boston
Air
Route
Traffic
Control
Center
(ZBW).
"Boston
Center,
good morning, American
Eleven
with
you
passing through
one-nine-zero
(nineteen thousand
feet)
for
two-three-zero (twenty-
three
thousand
feetV
0809:18
Newark Airport
Traffic
ControlTower (EWR) issued taxi instructions
to
UAL93.0809:22ZBW acknowledged
AAL11.
From
this
time
until 0813:31 all
communications appear routine andnormal. The sector was responsible
for
six
aircraft
including
AAL11.
The
flight
was instructed to climb totwenty-eightthousand
feet,
subsequently to twenty-nine thousand
feet,
and issued a twenty degree turn
fnr
traffic
AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 77
 
TIMEAMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT
175
UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT
93
AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT
770812:29
0813:47
ZBW instructed
AALll
"
American
Eleven, now, climb and maintain
flight level
three-five-zero (thirty-
five
thousand
feet)."
There
was no
acknowledgement
to
thistransmission.
ZBW made twosubsequent
transmissions to
AALll,
neither of which were acknowledged.
Between
0813:47
and
0824:53,
ZBW
made
several radio transmissions
attempting to
contact AAL11. None
of
the
attempts were acknowledged.
Dulles
Airport
Traffic
Control Tower
(LAD)
issued taxi instructions
to
AAL77.0814:00
0814:45
ZBW
duringintra-facilitycoordination
recognized
that
AALll
appeared to beturning right
but hadnot
acknowledged the climb clearance
to thirty-five
thousand
feet
and did not
acknowledge
any
further
radio
transmissions.
UAL 175
began
takeoff
roll,
runway
9,
Boston Logan International Airport.Allcommunications withBOS andwith
Boston
Departure Control wereroutine and normal.
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