United Airlines

Events (61)

• December 8, 1972: Wife of Watergate Plumber Dies in Suspicious Plane Crash 1972-12-08
• July 30-August 1, 2001: Hijackings and Terrorism Are Key Topics of Discussion at an Airport Security Conference 2001-08-01
• August 30, 2001: United Airlines Holds a Surprise Exercise in Which Employees Are Led to Believe a Plane Has Crashed 2001-08-30
• August 30, 2001: 9/11 Hijacker Banihammad Attempts to Get in Airplane Cockpit; Witness Later Ignored 2001-08-30
• September 6-10, 2001: Suspicious Trading of Put Option Contracts on American and United Airlines Occur 2001-09-06
• September 7-10, 2001: Dubai Banker Claims Al-Qaeda Agent Speculates on Airline and Blue-Chip Stocks 2001-09-07
• September 10, 2001: Suspicious Trading on United Airlines Stock Occurs at Pacific Exchange 2001-09-10
• September 11, 2001: The 9/11 Attack: 3,000 Die in New York City and Washington, D.C. 2001-09-11
• (September 11-27, 2001): FBI Leads Examination of Flight 93 Crash Scene; Supposedly Recovers 95 Percent of Plane 2001-09-11
• (10:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: United Airlines Loses Contact with Three Flights 2001-09-11
• 10:17 a.m. September 11, 2001: United Airlines Informs Employees of Flight 93 Crash 2001-09-11
• (After 10:20 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Jet Plane Allegedly Carrying United Airlines Executives Circles Flight 93 Crash Site 2001-09-11
• (10:07 a.m.-10:15 a.m.) September 11, 2001: United Airlines Headquarters Learns of Smoke Plume Rising at Flight 93’s Last Known Location 2001-09-11
• 10:27 a.m. September 11, 2001: United Airlines Informs American Airlines of Flight 93 Crash 2001-09-11
• 10:47 a.m.-11:40 a.m. September 11, 2001: United Airlines Flight Reported as Missing 2001-09-11
• 10:55 a.m.-11:15 a.m. September 11, 2001: Nine United Airlines Planes Reported as Missing 2001-09-11
• (11:16 a.m.) September 11, 2001: United Airlines Maintenance Officer in London Receives Suspicious Call from Unidentified Plane 2001-09-11
• 11:17 a.m. September 11, 2001: United Airlines Publicly Confirms that Flight 93 Has Crashed 2001-09-11
• 11:53 a.m. September 11, 2001: United Airlines Publicly Confirms that Flight 175 Has Crashed 2001-09-11
• (Between 1:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: United Airlines Tells Deena Burnett It Is Unaware Flight 93 Has Crashed 2001-09-11
• (3:50 p.m.) September 11, 2001: White House Arranges to Transport FBI Crisis Response Unit Back to Washington as Matter of Priority 2001-09-11
• (6:20 a.m.-6:53 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Two Flight 175 Hijackers Check in at United Airlines Ticket Counter; Uncertainty Over Their Identities 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
• 8:41 a.m. September 11, 2001: FAA, Unusually, Does Not Contact United Airlines about Communications from Flight 175 2001-09-11
• (After 8:46 a.m.) September 11, 2001: United Airlines Control Center Experiences Communication Problems for Two Hours 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
• (9:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: United Airlines Learns Flight 175 Is Missing from Radar 2001-09-11
• (9:00 a.m.-9:15 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Boston Airport Director Requests Flight Manifests 2001-09-11
• Shortly Before 9:00 a.m. September 11, 2001: United Airlines Learns about Flight 175 Hijacking 2001-09-11
• (9:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: United Airlines Chief Assures Employees that Crisis Is ‘Not a Drill’ 2001-09-11
• (9:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: United Airlines Activates Its Crisis Center 2001-09-11
• (9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: United Airlines Receives Many False Reports of Threats 2001-09-11
• 9:03 a.m. and After September 11, 2001: United Airlines Dispatchers Notify Flights of Aircraft Crashing into WTC, but Give No Warnings 2001-09-11
• (9:06 a.m.) September 11, 2001: United Airlines Tells Boston Center Flight 175 Is Down, Manager Later Claims 2001-09-11
• (Between 9:10 a.m. and 9:22 a.m.) September 11, 2001: United Airlines Operations Center Sends Message to Flight 93 Co-Pilot, Receives No Reply 2001-09-11
• (9:20 a.m.) September 11, 2001: United Airlines Orders No New Takeoffs, at Least for International Flights 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 9:21 a.m.) September 11, 2001: United Airlines Dispatchers Issue Warnings to Flights, Implement ‘Positive Contact’ Procedure 2001-09-11
• (9:21 a.m.) September 11, 2001: United Airlines Begins ‘Lockout’ of Flight 175 Information 2001-09-11
• 9:21 a.m. September 11, 2001: United Airlines Advises Dispatchers to Issue Warning to Flights 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
• 9:22 a.m. September 11, 2001: United Airlines Manager Issues Advisory Stating Flight 175 Was in Accident 2001-09-11
• (9:45 a.m.) September 11, 2001: United Airlines Orders Its Flights to Land 2001-09-11
• 9:31 a.m.-9:32 a.m. September 11, 2001: United Airlines, Learning of Potential Problem, Tries to Contact Flight 93 2001-09-11
• (9:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Air Traffic Control Notifies United Airlines about Flight 93 2001-09-11
• 9:35 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 93 Attendant Warns United Airlines about Hijacking; Information Passed on to United’s Crisis Center 2001-09-11
• (9:36 a.m.-10:06 a.m.) September 11, 2001: United Airlines Crisis Center Watches Flight 93 on Radar until It Crashes 2001-09-11
• (9:40 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Flight 93 Transponder Signal Turned Off; Flight Still Closely Tracked 2001-09-11
• (Between 9:41 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Mother of Flight 93 Passenger Mark Bingham Speaks to the FBI and Tries Calling Her Son on His Cell Phone 2001-09-11
• 9:45 a.m. September 11, 2001: United Headquarters Learns Flight 77 Has Crashed into the Pentagon 2001-09-11
• (9:50 a.m.) September 11, 2001: United Airlines Manager Tries Unsuccessfully to Initiate Lockout of Flight 93 2001-09-11