Federal Aviation Administration

Events (225)

• November 10-12, 1972: Hijackers Threaten to Crash a Plane into a Nuclear Facility in ‘the Most Chilling Domestic Hijacking in US History’ 1972-11-10
• February 11, 1993: Hijacking Raises Concern of Plane Being Crashed into New York Building 1993-02-11
• October 8, 1998: FAA Warns of Al-Qaeda Threat to US Civil Aviation 1998-10-08
• December 4, 1998: Clinton Warned ‘Bin Laden Preparing to Hijack US Aircraft’ Inside US 1998-12-04
• August 4, 1999: FAA Considers Suicide Hijacking Possibility: Al-Qaeda Could Hijack Jet and ‘Slam It into a US Landmark’ 1999-08-04
• October 25, 1999: Golfer Payne Stewart Dies in Plane Crash; Incident Raises Questions about Shooting Down Off-Course Planes 1999-10-25
• April 27, 2000: FAA Advisory Warns of Increased Risk of Terrorist Hijacking 2000-04-27
• December 4, 2000: Special Forces Commander Appointed FAA Security Chief 2000-12-04
• December 26, 2000: Hijackers Abandon Stalled Plane on Florida Runway; No Investigation Ensues 2000-12-26
• Between December 5 and December 31, 2000: FAA Training Exercises Reportedly Include Scenarios ‘Close to 9/11 Plot’ 2000-12-31
• April 1, 2001-September 10, 2001: Nearly Half of FAA’s Daily Intelligence Summaries Mention Bin Laden or Al-Qaeda; No Action is Taken 2001-04-01
• April 18, 2001: FAA Warns Airlines About Middle Eastern Hijackers 2001-04-18
• May 1, 2001-September 11, 2001: FAA Briefs Airlines on Security, But Only About Overseas Threats 2001-05-01
• June 1, 2001: Revised Hijacking Procedure Outlines Defense Department Responsibilities 2001-06-01
• July 5, 2001: Counterterrorism ‘Tsar’ Clarke Warns Domestic Agencies of ‘Something Spectacular’ Planned by Al-Qaeda 2001-07-05
• Shortly After July 5, 2001: Warning from Urgent Meeting Is Not Shared within Domestic Agencies 2001-07-05
• July 18, 2001: FBI, FAA, and State Department Issue Warnings 2001-07-18
• July 31, 2001: FAA Issues Hijacking Warning; No Specific Domestic Threat 2001-07-31
• July 30-August 1, 2001: Hijackings and Terrorism Are Key Topics of Discussion at an Airport Security Conference 2001-08-01
• August 1, 2001: Actor Communicates Concerns to Stewardess That Airplane Will Be Hijacked; Warning Forwarded to the FAA 2001-08-01
• August 16, 2001: FAA Issues Warning; Airlines Say Warning Not Received 2001-08-16
• (August 20, 2001 or after): Radical Fundamentalist Unit Delays Advising FAA of Moussaoui Case 2001-08-20
• August 23, 2001: Hijackers Alhazmi and Almihdhar Are Finally Added to Terrorist Watch List 2001-08-23
• August 25-27, 2001: Hijackers Alhazmi and Almihdhar Buy 9/11 Plane Tickets Despite Presence on Watch List 2001-08-25
• September 4, 2001: FBI Dispatches Vague Message to US Intelligence Community About Moussaoui Investigation 2001-09-04
• September 6, 2001: FAA Places Severe Flight Restrictions on Author Because of Attack Threat 2001-09-06
• Shortly Before September 6, 2001: CIA Secretly Warns FAA about Imminent, Spectacular Attack from Muslim Fundamentalists 2001-09-06
• September 6, 2001: NORAD Exercise Includes Terrorist Hijackers Threatening to Blow Up Airliner 2001-09-06
• September 10, 2001: Training Exercise Scenario at NORAD’s Southeast Sector Involves Cubans Hijacking Plane, Wanting to Go to New York 2001-09-10
• (8:20 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Israeli Special-Ops Passenger Shot or Stabbed by Hijackers? 2001-09-11
• September 11, 2001: Assessment States that Any Domestic Hijacking Would Be a ‘Suicide Hijack’ 2001-09-11
• After September 11, 2001: FAA Officials Too Busy to Write After-Action Report 2001-09-11
• 3:20 p.m. September 11, 2001: White House Incorrectly Suspects US Airways Flight from Spain of Being Hijacked 2001-09-11
• Before September 11, 2001: Terrorism Expert Tells FAA Intelligence Personnel that a Suicide Attack on Aviation Is Unlikely 2001-09-11
• September 11, 2001: FAA’s ‘Heighted State of Alert’ Only Reported in Canadian Newspaper 2001-09-11
• (Early Afternoon) September 11, 2001: FAA Sends White House Incorrect Details of Hijacked Planes 2001-09-11
• 10:01 a.m. September 11, 2001: Local Pilot Sees Flight 93 Rocking Back and Forth 2001-09-11
• 10:02 a.m. September 11, 2001: Secret Service Warns Vice President Cheney that Hijackers Are Headed Toward Washington 2001-09-11
• (10:03 a.m.-10:10 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Flight 93 Crashes; Seven-Minute Discrepancy on Exact Timing of Crash 2001-09-11
• 10:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: NMCC Learns of Flight 93 Hijacking, NORAD Still Not Told 2001-09-11
• 10:07 a.m. September 11, 2001: Air Traffic Control Suggests that No Distress Signal Indicating a Plane Has Crashed Was Noticed When Flight 93 Went Down 2001-09-11
• 10:08 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Informed that Flight 93 Has Crashed, Confirms Crash Nine Minutes Later 2001-09-11
• (10:15 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Air Traffic Controller Mistakenly Reports that First Aircraft to Hit WTC Was a Helicopter 2001-09-11
• 10:17 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Representative Finally Joins NMCC Teleconference after Long Delay 2001-09-11
• 10:21 a.m. September 11, 2001: All International Flights into US Diverted by FAA 2001-09-11
• (After 10:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Situation Room Staffers Are Alerted to a Supposed Hijacked Plane that Turns Out Not to Exist 2001-09-11
• (10:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m.) September 11, 2001: DC Air National Guard Commander Wants Fighters Launched in Response to Aircraft Approaching Washington, Supposedly Flight 93 2001-09-11
• 10:31 a.m. September 11, 2001: Military and Law Enforcement Flights Resume 2001-09-11
• (10:37 a.m.-11:09 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Plane Incorrectly Reported to Have Crashed at Camp David 2001-09-11
• 10:39 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Closes All US Airports 2001-09-11