Ben Sliney

Events (21)

• 10:40 a.m. September 11, 2001: Attorney General Ashcroft Ignores FAA Order for His Plane to Land 2001-09-11
• 11:11 a.m. September 11, 2001: Attorney General Ashcroft’s Plane Diverted to Richmond, Threatened with Being Shot Down 2001-09-11
• 1:24 p.m. September 11, 2001: Further Suspicions Raised about Korean Airlines Flight When Pilots Switch Transponder to Hijack Code 2001-09-11
• 3:30 p.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Manager Sliney Announces that All Flights Inbound to US Have Landed 2001-09-11
• 8:28 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Command Center Informed of Flight 11 Hijacking, Establishes Teleconference between Air Traffic Control Centers 2001-09-11
• 8:30 a.m.-8:40 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Command Center Informed of Hijacking; NORAD Still Not Notified 2001-09-11
• (8:40 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA Manager Ben Sliney Begins Responding to Hijacking 2001-09-11
• (8:48 a.m.-8:50 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA Manager Ben Sliney Learns of First WTC Crash, Doesn’t Realize It Is Flight 11 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Military Officers at FAA Command Center Contact NMCC about Response to Attacks 2001-09-11
• 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Command Center Learns of Hijackers’ ‘We Have Some Planes’ Communication 2001-09-11
• Shortly After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Manager Linda Schuessler Responds to Second WTC Crash, Secures FAA Command Center 2001-09-11
• 9:05 a.m. September 11, 2001: Air Space Closed over New York Area 2001-09-11
• 9:06 a.m. and After September 11, 2001: FAA Manager Ben Sliney Responds to Second Crash, Declares New York ‘Ground Stop’ 2001-09-11
• (9:15 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA Command Center Asked to Issue Nationwide Cockpit Security Alert, but Does Not Act on Request 2001-09-11
• (9:10 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA Command Center Requests Information on Unusual Flight Activity, Receives Numerous Reports 2001-09-11
• (9:26 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Rookie FAA Manager Bans All Take Offs Nationwide, Including Most Military Flights? Mineta Asserts He Issues Order Minutes Later 2001-09-11
• 9:34 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA’s Headquarters Notified There Might Be a Bomb Onboard Flight 93; NORAD Not Notified 2001-09-11
• (9:45 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Senior FAA Manager, on His First Day on the Job, Orders All Planes Out of the Sky Nationwide 2001-09-11
• 9:49 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Headquarters Continues to Delay Decision on Contacting NORAD About Flight 93 2001-09-11
• After 9:34 a.m. September 11, 2001: Military Liaisons at FAA Command Center Said to Be Informed of Flight 93 Hijacking 2001-09-11
• March 2001: Former Air Traffic Controler Offered Position of National Operations Manager; Only Begins Job on September 11