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11 September 2001 - 08:52 a.m. EST.
7:59a.m. American Airlines flight 11 takes off from Boston's Logan Int.
Airport
8:14a.m. United Airlines flight 175 takes off from Boston's Logan Int.
Airport.
8:20a.m. United Airlines flight 77 departs Dulles Int. Airport near
Washington.
8:38a.m. Boston air traffic centre notifies NORAD that American Airlines
flight 11 has been hijacked.
8:43a.m. FAA notifies NORAD that United Airlines flight 175 has been
hijacked. 8:44a.m. Otis Air National Guard Base in Mass orders two
fighters scrambled. 8:46a.m. American Airlines flight 11 strikes the World
trade Centre's north tower. 8:47a.m. NORAD informed of the plane striking
the World Trade Centre. 8:50a.m. United Airlines Flight 176 deviates from
its assigned flight path. 8:52a.m. Two F-15 Eagles take off from Otis
ANG Base in effect to intercept hijacked plane(s) after first plane has
struck the WTC. 9:02a.m. United Airlines flight 175 strikes WTC south
tower ( F-15 fighter jets from Otis ANG are still 115km away). 9:25a.m.
FAA notifies NORAD that flight 77 may have been hijacked. 9:27a.m. NORAD
orders jets scrambled from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia to head to
intercept united flight 77. 9:35a.m. three F-16 Fighting Falcons take off
from Langley AFB headed towards Washington area. 9:37a.m. United Airlines
flight 77 is lost from radar screen. 9:38a.m. United Airlines flight 77
strikes the Pentagon. 9:49a.m. F-16 fighter jets arrive over Washington
D.C. to perform Combat Air Patrol over city. |