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American Airlines Flight 77 Presumed Down
Ohio
WestVirginia
39N
D D n n
8:50:38D°anDDDnDnn°nD C : i n i : i
NORAD RadarCoverage Lost
Lost on NORAD radar fo r18 minutes 52 secondsLess on FAA radar by a
few minutes
81W
AA77
8:40:00
D Qn D D D
I,H § H D n
a o DDnDDDn n n n
ZID Checkin
Mode 3 Change
6553 to 3743
Reacquired asPrimary only
9:09:30
ZID = Indianapolis
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American Air 77, Leaves NEADS Coverage0853-0851 EOT
HNN-R: American 77 cleared direct
FALMOUTH 0850:47
AA77: Direct FALMOUTH ,
American 77 thanks. 0850:51
WV
PA
DC 03R: American 77 contact Indy
AA77: Thanks sir, G ood Da y
AA77: Center, American 77 with
you level 330
Indy HNN-R: Roger, squawk 3743
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American Air 77, Out and Back0835-0915 EOT
Indianapolis; Washing!
Center
Mode 3: 6553
DJoint Surveillance System SecondaryDFAA Long Range Radar• Flight Data Recorder• Joint Surveillance System Primary
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) ')United Air 175 and Am erican Air 77 Turn
0851-0853 EOT
75W
41N
Allentown
0850:43
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American Air 77 Disappears0851-0909 EOT
wv
HNN-R: No exchanges
with AA 77
0856:07
\\Ashland
PA
DAC-RA and HNN-R Six attempts tocontact American 77 0858:20-0900.56
HNN-R: American 77, Indy. 0903:06
^̂ 0̂909:55
HNN-R: Six attempts to contact American 770856:32-0858:16
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IAmerican Air 77, Indy Center Actions
0857-0900 EO T
81W
OH WV
PA
HNN-R: American 77, Don't know what
happened, looks like a turn South, Don't
know altitude, what he's doing 0857:39.
DAC-R: Just let me know.
HNN-R: Still haven't go t American 77, he
was at 35 to Falmouth, don't know where
he is, I'm trying to get hold of him, wecontacted] Company. 0859:44
Ashland
KY
AA2493: We sent message to dispatch to have him come up on 22.7,
that what you want. 0900:33HNN-R: Had him on West side of airspace, went into coast, don't
have a track, not talking, w e don't know what happened, we also
contacted your company. 0900:37
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American Air 77, Controller and Company Discussion
0906-0909 EOT
Ashland
81W
OH WV
PA
HNN-RA: You have radar is he over
Falmouth 0906:22. DAC-RA: No, we just
moved the track there.HNN-R: OK, you just have the track ou t there.DAC-RA: You never raised him.
HNN-RA: We called Company, no radio
communication, no radar. 0906:31
DAC-RA: Last clearance Falmouth, we'regoing to treat him non-radar, told next sectorto sterilize until w e find out. 0906:39
KY AAL: McDonnel. 0909:01 HNN-RA: You get hold of Am erican 77.AAL: No but second plane hit WTC.HNN-RA: Say again. AAL:W e
lost American 11 to a hijacking, Boston to LA, we were hi jacked.. .and
77 is Dulles to LA and—a second plane just flew into WTC.0909:29
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American Air 77, Controllers Co m pare to Flight 110090-0937 EOT
HNN-RA: American 11, NY to LA hijacked, American 77 Dulles to LA, dispatch
doesn't know where he is, confirmed tw o airplanes crashed into WTC—
American 77 , don't know where he is but American 11 was hijacked off NY
airport going to LA. 0910:39
DAC-RA: We don't have a track, yo u mean [AA11] took of f without clearance.
0911:10
HNN-RA: Guess he did. DAC-RA: Nobody ever tracked American 11 is what I'masking. HNN-RA: Don't know 0911:21
DAC-RA: There's no flight plan. HNN-RA: Yeah, I looked too, far as we know
that's all we know, I talked to dispatch—they confirmed tw o planes crashed into
WTC. 0911:25
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\American Air 77 Enters Virginia
0914-0937 EOT
SOW
BT V R:: Randy, you knowabout this American 77
thing. IMP R: Yes BTV R:
Company 683 tried to raisehim, never had a visual on
him out there at all 0918:48
68.7 nm in 6.3 minutes
Th e Plains Radar
ARSR-3*
UNK:: What's going on in NY. BTV R: Possible
terrorist attack, two airplanes crashed into WTCand reports an Ame rican en route LA has been
hijacked. 0928:01
ARSR-3* is older radar without he ight-finding capability
V
38N
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American Air 77, Military Aircraft and Clutter0925-0938 EOT
A** 1Bobcat 17
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American Air 77, Approach, and Circle0930-0935 EOT
z J77W
DCA: Washington Approach
IAD Tower Area Supervisor: We're tracking fast moving
primary heading toward White House, they have been advised.
33:38 IAD Tower West Final: National sixty two any body
quickly please
IAD TMC: Dulles, a primary only33:46 West Final: You've got a primary he ading for P56
to the west te n west fast moving
34:24 DCA Tower: Thanks, we 're talking to P56 on it
32:16,
Time in minutes and seconds30:30
39 N
J
Eastern Region QA: Listen, I need you to stop departures un til we
account fo r United 175 IA D Tower Arrival: We have no info
QA: Disregard, he's out of Boston, we just found ou tIAD: Terrorist activity could be VFR, we tracked fast moving primary
heading toward White House
QA: Wait a minute, there's a fast moving VFR toward the White House
Data from a DCA-related radar scope L7
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Gofer 06, a Minnesota ANG C130, takes offroutinely for home, sights primary only traffic,
is vectored to follow by Washington
Approach, and is two minutes behind when itobserves the aircraft impact the Pentagon.
Pentagon
Mixing Bowl
American 77, B757
Gofer 06, C130J/8:33
8 : 36 "Andrews AFB
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American Airlines Flight 77 and C130 Final Minutes
• / 0 / 7 A I ? separation at 9:33
2nm separation at 9:36
C130 2 min behind AA77 at impact
9:34:01 9:33:14
C-130
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American Airlines Flight 77 and C130 Observer Aircraft
C-130Pennsylvania
Shanksv i l l eUA93X _10:02:32 "̂ 10:06:55
10:03:33V M 10:02:32
aryland
A A 7 7
West
VirginiaVirginia
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Pentagon Air Activity Before/After AA77 Impact
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V ert ical <ji id is 1 0 minutes Latitude
O ne minute Lat i tude = one N M
A A 7 7 p i o c e e d e d a t IONM |>ei minute
A A 7 7 a p p i o a c l i e d a t 7.3 NM |>ei minutee H .XJ
71
f-
m
9:09:30
AA77 Began Turn at 9:34:50
Approximate 4 minute turn and final le y
If no turn, then at M al l a p p r o x i m a t e l y 9 :3 5
Minutes to Mall
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AA77, Possible Diversion of Air Traffic
Four aircraft
- 3 change course prior to reappearanceof AA77 as an unknown
-1 changes course post reappearance, at
approximately 13: !2 1^09-30
M3 6666
M3130713:09:30
M3 6663
13:09:20
,nnL
: I!Di!
13:09:29* AA 77
West Virginia Virginia
M3 6666 originated in NY (Long Island) at 08:31
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AA77, Close Approach to Air Traffic
9:22:31 AA 77
9:20
M3 1531
Warrenton
9:29:18
9:27:32
14K f tapp rox9:29:18
M3 1531 originated in Philadelphia at 8:58 EOT
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American Air 77 and Gopher 060933-0938 EOT
Time in minutes and seconds
Minnesota ANG C-130Gopher-6
33:00
Andrews AFB
DC A Tower and Gopher 0634:33 With you, cl imbing to 3000
35:26 Climb and maintain 4000 traffic eleven o'clock 5 miles
northbound fast moving, alt i tude unknown
36:16 Traffic in sight at 12 o'clock
36:26 What kind, can you see. Looks l ike 757
36:34 Can you estimate alti tude. Low alti tude
36:51 Traffic sti l l in descent, rolled out Northeast bound
37:07 Climb and maintain UNK: (OSIC) You got a m il itary
Yeah (OSIC) Tell him to turn r ight37:13 Turn right, follow th e traffic, heading 08 0 we'll vector yo u
38:00 Aircraft at 12 o'clock just northwest of the airf ield
38:26 Looks l ike aircraft crashed into the Pentagon
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American Airlines Flight 77 and C130 Observer Aircraft
C-130 Pennsylvania
Shanksville UA93X ^10:02:32 "̂ 1̂0:06:55
10:03:33, M 10:02:32
aryland
AA77
West
VirginiaVirginia
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American Airlines Flight 77 and C130 Final Minutes
10nm separation at 9:33
2nm separation at 9:36
C130 2 min behind AA77 at impact
9:37:47
9:3f019:33:14
C-130
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11 September 2001
Pentagon
Initial Detectionof AA 77
08:19:58 ET
Mode 3A 6553
Mode C Attitude 10 0 ft
Mode 3A Change to 3743
08:40:07 ET
Mode C Attitude 33.000 ft
Aircraft Left ThePlains Radar C o v e r a g e
08:50:38 E TMode C Attitude 35,000 ft Last Detection of AA 77
09:37:47 ET
08:34:48 ET
I Mode C Attitude 29,000 ft
09:17:48 ET
Oceana Radar Measured Altitude 25 .200 f)
09:34:31 ET
IGibbsboro Radar Measured Attitude 10,000 f)
09:25:36 ET
Oceana Radar MeasuredAltitude 12,400 ftAircraft Reacquired by The Plains
09:09:29 ET
Reinforced Radar Return
Beacon Radar Return
Search Radar Return
Nautical Miles