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| | Summary | | Date | September 11, 2001 | | Type | Suspected hijacking/close collision with American Airlines Flight 11 | | Site | Boston/Cleveland Airspace | | Fatalities | None | | Injuries | None | | Aircraft | | Aircraft type | Boeing 767-222 | | Operator | Delta Air Lines | | Tail number | N189DN | | Survivors | All on board | Delta Air Lines Flight 1989 was a regularly scheduled flight offering nonstop service from Logan International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport. On September 11, 2001 it almost had a mid-air collision with American Airlines Flight 11. It was then later suspected as a hijacking until making an emergency landing at Cleveland International Airport. The World Trade Center on fire The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. ...
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Delta Flight 1989 was a regularly scheduled nonstop flight from Boston to Los Angeles. On September 11, 2001, it departed Boston International Airport at 8:25 am EDT, two minutes after United Airlines Flight 175. As Boston Center was tracking the declared hijacked American Airlines Flight 11, it made an unexpected turn south, making a dangerous turn into heavy air traffic. It came dangerously close to Delta 1989. It came so close, mid-air collision was imminent. Since communication between American 11 was not available, the Boston controller was frantically screaming to Delta 1989 (westbound) that American 11 (Southbound) was dead ahead. The radar read a fatally close encounter between the two aircrafts. A hush went over Boston Control Center as they thought a mid-air collision had happened between the two. Seconds later, Delta 1989 contacted Boston Center stating that it had missed American 11 by approximately 200 feet thanks to some evasive piloting. American 11 continued on its suicide mission to crash into the World Trade Center. [1] [2] A portion of the fuselage from United Airlines Flight 175 on the roof of 5 WTC. United Airlines Flight 175 was a morning flight that regularly flew from Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California (Boston–Los Angeles route). ...
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Suspected hijacking Not long after the Delta pilot had avoided American 11, Boston Center attempted to contact Delta 1989. When Delta 1989 failed to acknowledge, it was a suspected hijacking. Not long afterward, it was declared a hijacking. Boston Center had notified the FAA about another hijacked aircraft, Delta 1989. So far, it was the fifth reported hijacking. Boston was tracking Delta 1989 and not receiving any radio contact from the aircraft. However, unknown to Boston, Delta 1989 was in Cleveland airspace and in contact with Cleveland Center, completely safe. The FAA had read Delta 1989 to be in Cleveland airspace so they contacted Cleveland Center as a watch for Delta 1989 as a suspected hijacking. A Cleveland controller thought he heard "Get out of here" and "We have a bomb on board" coming from Delta 1989. The Delta pilot denied any cockpit intrusion and stated that everyone on board was fine. (It was later confirmed that that mysterious transmission had come from United Flight 93 which was in the same vicinity as 1989.) Due to all of the confusion and lack of communication between Boston and Cleveland, the airline (Delta) ordered flight 1989 to land at Cleveland. After an investigation, there was no threat aboard 1989. [3] FAA may refer to: Federal Aviation Administration in the United States Fleet Air Arm in the UK Royal Navy Fuerza Aérea Argentina in Argentina This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
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