![]() ![]() At 10:28, the tower collapsed, structurally weakened by 10,000 gallons of burning jet fuel. military, which scrambled fighter jets to pursue the plane.Īt 8:46:26 a.m., Flight 11, traveling at a speed of about 470 miles per hour, slammed into the north tower of New York City's World Trade Center between the 94th and 98th floors. Meanwhile, ground controllers had contacted the U.S. At about 8:38, Mohammad Atta likely replaced the captain at the controls of the plane, although the time when this occurred is uncertain. Don't try to make any stupid moves."Īt 8:37 a.m., the plane entered New York airspace. Also at 8:24, ground controllers heard the voice of one of the hijackers, who said simply "We have some planes." At 8:33, ground controllers again heard the voice of a hijacker telling the passengers, "Nobody move, please, we are going back to the airport. By 8:20, the plane was dramatically off course, and at 8:24 any doubts ground control had were dissipated when the plane made a 100-degree turn to the south. ![]() Over the next several minutes, as ground control operators could get no response from the pilot and the plane's IFF ("identify friend or foe") beacon was turned off, they began to consider that the plane had been hijacked. As the plane was sitting on the runway waiting for clearance to depart, Atta placed a cell-phone call to Marwan Alshehhi, a terrorist aboard United Airlines Flight 175, to confirm that the coordinated hijacking plot planned for that day was under way.Īt 8:13 a.m., the last routine communication took place between the aircraft and ground control. Among the passengers were five Islamist terrorists, including Mohammad Atta, the terrorists' leader. The plane, under the command of Captain John Ogonowski, was bound for Los Angeles with 81 passengers and 11 crew members aboard. on September 11, 2001, American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 took off fourteen minutes late from Boston's Logan Airport. Gonzalez testified before the 9–11 Commission investigating the attacks. ![]() Nydia Gonzalez was an American Airlines Operations employee who took Ong's cell phone call that morning. Source: Available online at American Radioworks, "Witness to Terror: The 9/11 Hearings, " (with audio).Ībout the Author: Betty Ong (1956–2001) was a flight attendant aboard American Airlines Flight 11, the first plane to strike the World Trade Center in New York City in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Terrorist attacks on the U.S., September 11, 2001ĭate: Recorded Septementered as testimony before the National Commission on the Terrorist Attacks upon the United States (9–11 Commission) on January 27, 2004. ![]()
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