![]() This chart shows aircraft operations before, during, and after September 11, 2001. By 12:16 P.M., three-and-a-half hours after the first plane hit, the airspace was clear of commercial and private flights. Miscellaneous – (e) Other – 5 DCC 359 ATCSCC ADVISORY 036 REDACT-SEALED.pdf (NAID 34914391 ).Īir traffic worked quickly to ground flights as the horrific events of the day continued to unfold, with the collapse of the North and South towers and crash of a fourth hijacked plane, United Airlines Flight 93, in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. At 11:06 AM, the FAA issued Advisory 036, which suspended operations in the National Airspace System. At this time, there were more than 4,500 aircraft in the air. airspace, ordering all aircraft to land at the nearest airport as soon as practical. ![]() Shortly after a third hijacked plane struck the Pentagon at 9:37 A.M, the FAA began the first ever unplanned shutdown of U. Responding to the attacks, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued the first national ground stop in the nation’s history – prohibiting departures for all civilian aircraft, regardless of destination. īy 9:03 A.M., two hijacked planes had crashed into the World Trade Center’s North and South Towers. ![]() AAL 77 – (a) Accident Package – COMPLETED ACCIDENT PACKAGE–FORMAL ACCD PKG ZDC-ARTCC-212 AAL77 B757 REDACT-SEALED.pdf (NAID 759552). Washington ARTCC to Aircraft Accident File ZDC-ARTCC-212, Full Transcript Aircraft Accident AAL77 Washington, DC Septem1. Pilots exchanged “good days” and “good mornings” with air traffic control. A Federal Aviation Executive Summary ( NAID 7601772) describes the day as “severe clear,” a perfect day for flying. September 11, 2001, began as an ordinary day in the United States’ air traffic control system. By Megan Dwyre, Special Access and FOIA Program Archivist at the National Archives at College Park, MD.
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