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The aircraft involved in the hijacking was a Boeing 767-200ER with registration number N334AA [4] [5] The capacity of the aircraft was 158 passengers (9 in first class, 30 in business class and 119 in economy class), but the September 11 flight carried 81 passengers and 11 crew members.
Flight paths of the four planes used on September 11. 7:59 a.m.: American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 with registration number N334AA, carrying 76 passengers (excluding the hijackers) and 11 crew members, departs 14 minutes late from Logan International Airport in Boston, bound for Los Angeles International Airport.
An erroneous FAA report of a hijacked plane heading towards Washington ("phantom Flight 11") prompted the scrambling of three fighters from the 1st Fighter Wing at Langley Air Force Base, which, because of "poor communications", flew east, out to sea, not toward Washington, significantly delaying their arrival on the scene.
The Bush administration invoked 9/11 in its justifications for new wars in Afghanistan, where al-Qaeda had been based, and Iraq, which had no connection to the attacks. Twenty years later, the ...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the September 11 attacks and their consequences: September 11 attacks – four coordinated suicide attacks upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C., area on September 11, 2001.
In late 1999, bin al-Shibh traveled to Kandahar, Afghanistan, where he trained at Al-Qaeda training camps, and met others involved in planning the 9/11 attacks. [24] Initial plans for the 9/11 attacks called for bin al-Shibh to be a hijacker pilot, along with Mohammed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi, and Ziad Jarrah.
John Farmer, Senior Counsel to the 9/11 commission, pointed out that this would have been impossible, as Hutchison's squadron was not in the air until 10:38, thirty-five minutes after Flight 93 had crashed. [154] When the 9/11 Commission asked Hutchison why he gave this false claim he refused to answer and left the room. [154]
The 9/11 Commission Report, prepared by the 9/11 Commission, was released on July 22, 2004. A New York City Fire Department firefighter looks up at the remains of the South Tower on September 13, 2001, two days following the attacks An illustration of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center with a vertical view of the impact locations.