Federal Aviation Administration

Events (225)

• (Between 9:03 a.m. and 9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: American Airlines and FAA Command Center Again Discuss Loss of Flight 77 2001-09-11
• (Before 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Special FAA-Military Link Fails to Help Communication Problems 2001-09-11
• (9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Airport Manager Tries Calling Special Ops Personnel at FAA, but Call Goes Unanswered 2001-09-11
• Shortly After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Administrator Garvey Arrives at FAA Headquarters and Learns of Second Attack 2001-09-11
• After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: NORAD Operations Center Receives Many False Reports of Hijackings 2001-09-11
• 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Command Center Learns of Hijackers’ ‘We Have Some Planes’ Communication 2001-09-11
• 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: Newark Controllers Watch Flight 175 Hit WTC 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Office of Emergency Management Requests Air Cover over New York 2001-09-11
• Soon After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: Director of Air Traffic Services Joins FAA Teleconference 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
• (After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Secret Service Agent Establishes Open Line with FAA 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FBI Activates Its Operations Center to Respond to the Attacks 2001-09-11
• 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: Boston Center Tells FAA Regional Office that Hijackers Said ‘We Have Planes’; Office Suggests Notifying Military 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NMCC Commander Concludes US is Under Attack, Yet Does Not Retake Charge of Center 2001-09-11
• (9:04 a.m.) September 11, 2001: WTC 7 Alarms Activate; OEM Calls for Air Security and Warned of Plane Heading for New York 2001-09-11
• (Between 9:04 a.m. and 9:25 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Military Cell Activated at FAA Command Center 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 9:04 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Secret Service Notifies FAA that It Wants Fighters Launched; Message Relayed to Air Force Base near Washington 2001-09-11
• (9:05 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Clarke, Cheney, and Rice Talk; Clarke Concludes that Al-Qaeda Is behind Attacks 2001-09-11
• 9:05 am (and After) September 11, 2001: Flight 77 Reappears on Radar, but Flight Controllers Do Not Notice 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
• Shortly After 9:06 a.m. September 11, 2001: Reagan Airport Instructed to Secure Washington Airspace 2001-09-11
• 9:07 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Command Center Informs All Air Traffic Facilities of First Hijacking 2001-09-11
• 9:07 a.m. September 11, 2001: Boston Center Manager Wants Cockpit Security Warnings Sent to Aircraft 2001-09-11
• (9:08 a.m.-9:13 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Fighters Put in Holding Pattern over Ocean instead of Defending New York City 2001-09-11
• (9:09 a.m. and After) September 11, 2001: Numerous False Reports of Hijacked Aircraft Cause Confusion 2001-09-11
• (9:10 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Washington Flight Control Sees Unidentified Plane, Apparently Fails to Notify FAA or NORAD 2001-09-11
• (9:12 a.m.) September 11, 2001: NEADS Takes Control of New York Airspace 2001-09-11
• 9:13 a.m. September 11, 2001: Port Authority Asks New York Airports about Hijacked Planes, Airports Know Little 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
• 9:16 a.m.-9:18 a.m. September 11, 2001: American Airlines Contacts FAA; Thinks Flight 77 May Have Hit the WTC 2001-09-11
• (Between 9:16 a.m. and 9:25 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Washington-Area Conference Call Convened by CIA, but Is of Little Benefit 2001-09-11
• 9:16 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 93 Reported Hijacked before Hijacking Supposedly Occurs, According to Some Accounts; One Hijacker May Have Snuck into Cockpit Early 2001-09-11
• 9:17 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Shuts Down All New York City Airports 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
• 9:19 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Concerned about Delta Flight 1989, Wants It to Increase Cockpit Security 2001-09-11
• 9:09 a.m. September 11, 2001: Indianapolis Flight Control Tells Local FAA Flight 77 Is Missing, But FAA Headquarters and NORAD Are Not Yet Told 2001-09-11
• (9:20 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FBI Washington Office Is Warned Flight 77 Has Been Hijacked 2001-09-11
• (9:20 a.m.-9:21 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA’s Indianapolis Center Finally Aware of National Crisis; Discusses Flight 77 Concerns with Command Center 2001-09-11
• (9:20 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA Sets Up Ineffectual Hijacking Teleconference 2001-09-11
• 9:20 a.m. September 11, 2001: American Airlines Manager Tells an FAA Security Inspector that a Passenger on Flight 11 Was Shot 2001-09-11
• 9:21 a.m. September 11, 2001: Dulles Airport Control Facility Advised to Look for Flight 77 2001-09-11
• 9:21 a.m. September 11, 2001: Boston Air Traffic Control Center Mistakenly Tells NEADS Flight 11 Is Still Airborne 2001-09-11
• (Between 9:22 a.m. and 9:40 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Airline Managers Join Teleconference but Receive No Guidance; Timing Unclear 2001-09-11
• (9:24 a.m.) September 11, 2001: By Some Accounts, FAA Notifies NORAD Flight 77 Is Hijacked and Washington-Bound; 9/11 Commission Claims This Never Happens 2001-09-11
• 9:24 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Regional Center Contacts Headquarters about Flight 77 2001-09-11
• 9:25 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA Command Center Finally Tells FAA Headquarters about Flight 77 2001-09-11
• 9:25 a.m. September 11, 2001: 9/11 Commission’s Conflicting Account of Clarke-Led Video Conference Begins at This Time 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
• (9:29 a.m.-9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Pentagon Command Center Begins High Level Conference Call 2001-09-11
• (9:29 a.m.-12:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Pentagon Command Center Struggles to Connect FAA to Conference Calls 2001-09-11