Fl.93.timeline

The following timeline is for United Airlines flight 93, scheduled to fly from Newark International Airport to San Francisco. The flight crashed in Pennsylvania.

--8:42 a.m.: United Airlines flight 93 takes off from Newark International Airport.

--9:16 a.m.: FAA informs NORAD that United Airlines flight 93 may have been hijacked.

--9:40 a.m.: Transponder signal from United flight 93 ceases and radar contact is lost.

--10:02 a.m.: After a review of radar tapes, a radar signal is detected near Shanksville, Pennsylvania

Norad timeline

9:03 Norad knows both Trade towers are hit

9:16 Norad knows Fl 93 is hijacked

9:25 Norad knows Fl 77 is hijacked

9:38 Norad knows the Pentagon has been hit

Conclusions

Three airline attacks and here comes flight 93 towards Washington – Norad had 54 minutes to decide on fl 93. From Langley to fl 93 is 250 miles (15 min).

A normal person would have

Had pilots in their jets by 9:03 and a jet tanker airborne.

Would have shot down fl 93 if it got near a big city or Nuclear power plant

United Flight 93
Flight plan: Newark to San Francisco.
Crashes in Shenksville, Pa.



8:42:00		Plane takes off from Newark.
9:28:19		First audible sign of problems in background cockpit noise.
9:29:29		Abnormal communication.
9:35:09		Plane climbs without authorization.
9:36:31		Plane turns off course. Sometime after 9:30, two passengers make the first of several calls to their wives, saying that three or four passengers were discussing how they might stop the hijackers. One man on the plane also spoke directly to 911 dispatchers, relaying details of hijacking in progress. Several other passengers on the flight placed cellphone calls as well. Investigators who have heard the cockpit voice recorder have described the sounds of a struggle taking place.
9:56:00		Last transponder code observed.
9:57:19		Last radar return.
10:00:00		Controller states: “think he is at 7,500 (feet).”
10:04:00		Last observation of primary target heading of about 160 degrees.
10:06:00	......	Controller calls controller on land line to say UAL93 is down.





	NORAD notification time

Flight	CNN	NORAD

11	8:38	8:40
175	8:43	8:43
93	9:16 >>	Information not available <<
77	9:25	9:24

Detailed maps and information on Flight 93

Source

CNN_com - Officials Government failed to react to FAA warning - September 17, 2001.htm

http://europe.cnn.com/2001/US/09/16/inv.hijack.warning/