Federal Aviation Administration

Events (225)

• (10:42 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Status of Three Planes Unknown; False Rumors Persist of More Terrorist Activity 2001-09-11
• 10:47 a.m.-11:40 a.m. September 11, 2001: United Airlines Flight Reported as Missing 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 10:20 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Boston Air Traffic Control Center Evacuated following Report of Airborne Threat 2001-09-11
• (After 11:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA Command Center Further Increases Its Security 2001-09-11
• (11:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: All Flights over US Soil Complying with Controllers 2001-09-11
• 11:06 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Advisory Officially Suspends Operations in US Airspace 2001-09-11
• (Shortly Before 12:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA Learns of Korean Airlines Flight Mistakenly Believed Hijacked 2001-09-11
• 11:18 a.m.-12:27 p.m. September 11, 2001: Three Planes over Atlantic Reportedly Signaling Emergencies, but Then Found to Be Fine 2001-09-11
• (After 12:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA Begins Analysis of 9/11 Attacks 2001-09-11
• 12:16 p.m. September 11, 2001: US Airspace Cleared of All Civilian Aircraft 2001-09-11
• 12:40 p.m. September 11, 2001: Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Myers Updates Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and Informs Him of the Final Rules of Engagement for Fighters 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
• (Shortly After 1:24 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Alaskan NORAD Commander Threatens Shootdown of Korean Airlines Plane Unless It Changes Course 2001-09-11
• 2:30 p.m. September 11, 2001: FAA: No Commercial Flights in US for at Least One Day 2001-09-11
• (4:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Adviser Karl Rove Allegedly Concerned about Still Unaccounted-for Planes 2001-09-11
• 5:13 p.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Memo States that a Passenger on Flight 11 Was Shot by a Hijacker 2001-09-11
• 5:43 a.m. September 11, 2001: Hijackers Check in at Portland Airport; Atta Becomes Angry with Ticket Agent 2001-09-11
• (After 6:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA and Military Won’t Say if Fighters Were Launched in Response to Hijackings 2001-09-11
• (6:20 a.m.-7:27 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Flight 175 Hijackers Check In at Airport and Board Plane; None Selected for Additional Security Scrutiny 2001-09-11
• (6:20 a.m.-7:48 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Hijackers Arrive at Airports and Board Flights; Computer Screening Program Fails to Stop Them 2001-09-11
• Before 6:42 p.m. September 11, 2001: Unknown Aircraft Racing Toward Air Force One 2001-09-11
• (6:45 a.m.-7:40 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Three Flight 11 Hijackers Selected for Additional Screening When They Pass through Airport Security 2001-09-11
• (7:00 a.m.-7:45 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Computer Screening Program Selects Some Hijackers; Fails to Stop Them 2001-09-11
• (7:03 a.m.-7:48 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Flight 93 Hijackers Check in at Airport and Board Plane; Only One Selected for Additional Screening 2001-09-11
• (7:15 a.m.-7:18 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Hijack Suspects Set Off Airport Alarms; Allowed to Board Anyway 2001-09-11
• (7:25 a.m.-7:36 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Remaining Three Flight 77 Hijackers Check in at Airport; Allowed to Board despite Security Checkpoint Problems 2001-09-11
• (8:22 a.m.-9:15 a.m.) September 11, 2001: American Airlines Has Problems Making Contact with FAA Command Center 2001-09-11
• (8:26 a.m.-8:29 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Flight 11 Turns, Many Watch It on Primary Radar 2001-09-11
• 8:25 a.m. September 11, 2001: Boston Center Starts Notifying Chain of Command 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
• 8:29 a.m. September 11, 2001: American Airlines Makes First Contact with FAA about Flight 11, Learns Details of Crisis 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
• 8:30 a.m. September 11, 2001: Several Senior Members of FAA Staff Away From Base When Attacks Begin 2001-09-11
• 8:32 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Headquarters Informed of Flight 11 Hijacking, but Does Not Contact the Pentagon to Request Assistance 2001-09-11
• (After 8:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NORAD Scramble Order Moves Through Official and Unofficial Channels 2001-09-11
• Shortly After 8:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Otis Commander Phones NEADS for Authorization to Launch Fighters 2001-09-11
• Shortly After 8:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: NEADS Staff Unable to Locate Hijacked Planes on Radar Screens 2001-09-11
• (8:40 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA Manager Ben Sliney Begins Responding to Hijacking 2001-09-11
• 8:41 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA, Unusually, Does Not Contact United Airlines about Communications from Flight 175 2001-09-11
• Soon after 8:46 a.m. September 11, 2001: FBI Arrives at Boston Air Traffic Control Center 2001-09-11
• (After 8:46 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA Establishes Open Telephone Line with the Secret Service 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 8:48 a.m.) September 11, 2001: United Airlines Learns Crashed Plane Belonged to American Airlines, but Director Unable to Contact Corporate Officials about This 2001-09-11
• (8:50 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA Establishes Phone Bridges, Including with the Military, Earlier than Claimed by 9/11 Commission 2001-09-11
• (Between 8:51 a.m. and 8:56 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Air Force Liaison to FAA Arrives at FAA Headquarters, but Does Not Join Teleconference 2001-09-11
• (After 9:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Indianapolis Flight Control Issues Alert to Look for Flight 77; FAA and NORAD Not Notified 2001-09-11
• 9:00 a.m. September 11, 2001: Pentagon Command Center Learns of Flight 11 Hijacking, But Does Not Discuss Scrambling Fighters 2001-09-11
• (9:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Northern Vigilance Operation Canceled; False Blips Purged from Radar Screens 2001-09-11
• (9:01 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA’s New York Center Tells FAA Command Center about Flight 175 Hijack 2001-09-11
• (Shortly Before 9:02 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Boston Center Military Liaison Learns of Second Hijacking over FAA Teleconference 2001-09-11