Tag: September 11 2001 Attacks
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September 11, 2001: The Chilling ACARS Message That Warned Aircrews “Security Must Be at the Top of the List” as America Was Under Attack
On September 11, 2001, an extraordinary ACARS message went out to aircraft operating in the New York airspace as the scale of the attacks became clear. “SECURITY MUST BE AT TOP OF THE LIST.” The message warned crews that American Airlines aircraft had been hijacked, reported unconfirmed information involving United Airlines, and ordered traffic to…
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On This Day In 2001, Four Hijacked Airliners Changed Aviation Forever-How 19 Hijackers Turned Routine Flights Into Weapons and Triggered a Worldwide Security Revolution
At first, September 11, 2001, looked like an ordinary Tuesday morning in American aviation. Four scheduled passenger flights departed normally from airports in the northeastern United States, carrying hundreds of passengers and crew toward destinations thousands of miles away. Within hours, those four Boeing aircraft would become the center of the deadliest attack ever carried…
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