Planes without Passengers Timeline of 9/11 Events

Planes without Passengers Timeline of 9/11 Events

Appendix B – Timeline

Codes for Sources:

HC = historycommons.org
BTS = Bureau of Transportation Statistics
R=9/11 Official Report
DS=Der Spiegel magazine; BG=Boston Globe
USA=USA Today
CM=Local Cleveland media

All times Eastern time zone

7:30 A.M. – Passengers seen waiting in line in front of Gate 26 at Boston (DS)

7:40 A.M. – 11 “pushes back” from Gate 26 in Boston (BG)

7:45 A.M. – 11 “wheels off” from Gate 32 according to anonymous airport employee (BG)

7:58 A.M. – 175 with tail # N612UA “pushes back” from Gate in Boston (BTS)

7:59 A.M. – 11 “wheels off” from Boston (HC, DS)

8:02 A.M. – 93 “pushes back” from Gate in Newark (HC)

8:09 A.M. – 77 “pushes back” from Gate in Dulles (R)

8:14 A.M. – 175 “wheels off” from Boston (HC)

8:20 A.M. – 77 “wheels off” from Dulles (HC)

8:23 A.M. – 175 with tail # N612UA “wheels off” from Boston (BTS)

8:25 A.M. – 1989 “wheels off” from Boston (BTS)

8:28 A.M. – 93 “wheels off” from Newark (BTS)

8:42 A.M. – 93 “wheels off” from Newark (HC)

8:42 A.M. – some sources say this is the time of 175’s first sign of deviation from flight plan

8:46 A.M. – World Trade Center 1 (north tower) struck (HC)

8:52 A.M. – Air Traffic Controllers lose contact with 175

9:03 A.M. – World Trade Center II (south tower) is struck (HC)

9:35 A.M. – 93 nears Cleveland, then turns south away from it

9:37 A.M. – Explosion at Pentagon (HC)

9:45 A.M. – FAA orders all planes to land

10:03 – 10:10 A.M. – Crash at Shanksville, PA (seven minute discrepancy) (HC)

10:10 A.M. – First plane of two mystery planes (1989) lands in Cleveland (USA)

10:45 A.M. – Second plane of two mystery planes (175) lands in Cleveland (CM)