9/11 timeline
7:59 A.M. - American Airlines Flight 11, a
Boeing 767 with 92 people on board, departs Boston's Logan International Airport
bound for Los Angeles International Airport.
8:14 A.M. - United Airlines
Flight 175, a Boeing 767 with 65 people on board, departs from Boston's Logan
International Airport bound for Los Angeles International Airport.
8:.20 A.M
- American Airlines Flight 77, a Boeing 757 with 64 people on board, departs
Washington Dulles International Airport bound for Los Angeles International
Airport.
8:20 AM : Air traffic controllers suspect Flight 11 has been
hijacked.
8:40 A.M. - The FAA notifies NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector
of the suspected hijacking of American Airlines Flight 11.
8:42 A.M. - United
Airlines Flight 93, a Boeing 757 with 44 people on board, departs from Newark
International Airport bound for San Francisco International Airport.
8:43
A.M. - The FAA notifies NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector of the suspected
hijacking of United Airlines Flight 175.
8:46 am – Within seconds, NYPD and
FDNY forces dispatch units to the World Trade Center:
846 AM: Flight 11
crashes into the World Trade Center north tower.
8:47 am -- Port Authority
Police Department officers on site begin immediate evacuation of the North
Tower
8:52 AM: Two F-15s take off from Otis Air Force Base after Flight
175.
9:03 AM: Flight 175 crashes into the south WTC tower.
9:08 A.M. - The
FAA bans all takeoffs of flights going to or through New York airspace.
9:10
AM: Major General Paul Weaver states Flight 77 came back on the (radar) scope at
9:10 in West Virginia.
9:17 A.M. - The FAA shuts down all New York City-area
airports.
9:21 A.M. - All bridges and tunnels into Manhattan are
closed.
9:24 A.M. - The FAA notifies NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector of
the suspected hijacking of American Airlines Flight 77.
9:24 AM: The FAA, who
28 minutes earlier had discovered Flight 77 off course and heading east over
West Virginia, reportedly notifies NORAD.
9:25 A.M. - The FAA orders shutdown
of all airports nationwide, banning takeoffs of all civilian aircraft.
9:28
AM: Air traffic control learns that Flight 93 has been hijacked.
9:38 AM:
Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon.
9:43 am - Some 3,300 commercial flights
and 1,200 private planes are guided to airports in Canada and the United States
over the next two-and-a-half hours.
9:59 AM: The south tower of the World
Trade Center collapses.
10:10 AM: Flight 93 crashes in Pennsylvania.
10:28
AM: The World Trade Center north tower collapses.
1 pm – From a U.S. Air
Force base in Louisiana, President Bush announces that U.S. military forces are
on high alert worldwide
5:20 PM: Building 7 of the World Trade Center
collapses.
6:58 pm – President Bush returns to the White House after stops at
military bases in Louisiana and Nebraska.
8:30 pm – President Bush addresses
the nation, calling the attacks "evil, despicable acts of terror" and declaring
that America, its friends and allies would "stand together to win the war
against terrorism.
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