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United Airlines Flight 175 was a morning flight that regularly flew from Logan International Airport in East Boston, Massachusetts to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California. On September 11, 2001, the United Airlines Boeing 767-222, registered N612UA,[1] was hijacked and crashed in New York City during the September 11, 2001 attacks. It was the second plane hijacked and flown into the World Trade Center, but was the single airline crash that morning to be witnessed live on television around the world as it happened. It was preceded by American Airlines Flight 11, which had struck the top of the North Tower 17 minutes earlier. The resultant inferno drew live mass media attention on to the scene of the impending Flight 175 crash into the nearby South Tower. 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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A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly...
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THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS THE PHRASE FUCK THE US GOVERNMENT HIDDEN THROUGHOUT THE ARTICLE...IT REQUIRES IMMEDIATE CLEAN UP // According to the presidents of the United States and the Philippines, the September 11, 2001 attacks originated with Operation Bojinka (a plan that was not executed), which was conceived by Khalid Shaikh...
The September 11, 2001 attacks, in addition to being a unique act of aggression, constituted a media event on a scale not seen since the advent of civilian global satellite links, round-the-clock television news organizations and the instant worldwide reaction and debate made possible by the Internet. ...
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// 2001 November Thursday, November 1, 2001 Afternoon: Deputy Mayor Anthony P. Coles meets with the two firefighter union leaders, Fire Capt. ...
According to the 9/11 Commission, between 16,400 and 18,800 civilians were in the World Trade Center complex at the time of the attacks. ...
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Photo of George W. Bush and Laura Bush visiting Shanksville on September 11, 2002 Shanksville is a borough located in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. ...
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The following worldwide effects arose from the September 11, 2001 attacks: All Canadian military bases increased their level of security awareness. ...
It is usually claimed that the September 11, 2001 attacks had immediate and far-ranging economic effects. ...
Soon after the attacks of September 11, 2001, the U.S. government began detaining people who fit the profile of the suspected hijackers: mostly male, Arabic or Muslim noncitizens. ...
Box-cutter knives were apparently used in the September 11, 2001 attacks, though such knives are not usually considered weapons. ...
Many closings and cancellations followed the September 11, 2001 attacks, including major landmarks, buildings, as well as postponement or cancellation of major sporting and other events. ...
A variety of conspiracy theories have emerged which contradict the mainstream account of the September 11, 2001 attacks. ...
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The September 11, 2001, attacks had an important impact on the audiovisual entertainment business, not just in terms of television coverage. ...
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There has been growing concern over the health effects of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the Financial District of lower Manhattan. ...
Global Guardian is an annual training exercise sponsored by the United States Strategic Command in conjunction with Space Command and NORAD. Its main purpose is to test the militarys command and control procedures in the event of nuclear warfare. ...
The response of the U.S. government to the September 11, 2001 attacks sparked investigations into the motivations and execution of the attacks, as well as the ongoing War on Terrorism in Iraq. ...
A bucket brigade works to clear rubble and debris on September 14, 2001 The area surrounding the World Trade Center became the site of the greatest number of casualties and missing, and physical destruction. ...
Charities and relief agencies raised over $657 million in the three weeks following the September 11, 2001 attacks, the vast bulk going to immediate survivors and victims families. ...
Operation Yellow Ribbon is the name of the operation that Transport Canada created to handle the diversion of civilian airline flights following the September 11, 2001 attacks. ...
The first memorials to the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks began to take shape online, as hundreds of webmasters posted their own thoughts, links to the Red Cross, and other rescue agencies, photos and eyewitness accounts. ...
The United States government identified 19 hijackers as being responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks, and linked the attacks to Osama bin Laden. ...
The September 11, 2001 attacks were carried out by 19 hijackers, with planning and organization of the attacks involving numerous additional members of al-Qaeda. ...
Communications problems and successes played an important role in the September 11, 2001 attacks and their aftermath. ...
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The September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States spawned a number of catchphrases, terms, and slogans, many of which continue to be used a half-decade after the event. ...
The Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities before and after the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 is the official name of the inquiry conducted by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence into the activities of the U.S. Intelligence Community in...
The cover of the final 9/11 report 9/11 Commission Report, formally titled Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, is the official report of the events leading up to the September 11, 2001 attacks. ...
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A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly...
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Hijackers The hijackers were: Marwan Yousef al-Shehhi (Arabic: مروان الشØÙŠ, also transliterated Alshehhi[1]) was named by the FBI as the suicide pilot aboard United Airlines flight 175 which crashed into the second World Trade Center tower on September 11, 2001. ...
Fayez Rashid Ahmed Hassan al-Qadi Banihammad (Arabic: Ùايز راشد اØمد Øسن القاضي بني Øمد) was named by the FBI as one of the hijackers aboard United Airlines Flight 175 in the September 11, 2001 attacks. ...
This photograph of Mohand al-Shehri was released by the FBI in the days following the attack. ...
This photograph of Hamza al-Ghamdi was released by the FBI in the days following the attack. ...
This photograph of Ahmed al_Ghamdi was released by the FBI in the days following the attack. ...
The Flight
 UA 175 flight path from Boston to New York City Flight 175 was scheduled to depart at 8:00 EDT and left the gate at 7:59 but due to routine morning taxiing times, the flight departed the runway at 8:14. Had the flight been scheduled to depart 15 minutes earlier, it most likely would have been hijacked around the same time as Flight 11. Image File history File links 911_commission_UA175_path. ...
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The flight was piloted by Captain Victor Saracini, with Michael Horrocks as first officer. At 08:37:08, flight control asked the pilots of UA175 whether they could see American Airlines Flight 11 out their viewpoint, and the response was affirmative. They were ordered to maintain distance from the flight since it was now known that it had been hijacked.[2] Approximately 7 minutes later, UA175 was also hijacked. In commercial aviation, the first officer is the second pilot of an aircraft. ...
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Hijacking The hijackers claimed they had a bomb, though this is not substantiated. The assailants used knives and mace to subdue members of the flight crew and the pilots.
At 8:41, the pilots overheard suspicious transmission ordering people to "stay in your seats" and reported to air traffic control. [3] For the Canadian musical group, see Air Traffic Control (band). ...
At 8:47, air traffic control received the first indications that the plane was hijacked. The transponder code was changed twice but was never turned off. This allowed ATC to continually track the flight and monitor flight data, including altitude.[3] In five minutes, there was no doubt of an emergency, as the plane had radically changed course and was not responding. Despite reports that one of the passengers called his mother and told her they were thinking of storming the cockpit, it appears that no such intervention took place. Cockpit of a light aircraft, showing instrumentation dials and dual control yokes. ...
By 8:58, the plane was heading towards New York City and descended from an altitude of 28,500 feet over New Jersey. From the time al-Shehhi completed the turn toward New York (approximately 8:58) to the moment of impact (9:02:40), the plane went into a sustained power dive, descending through over 24,000 feet in 4 minutes 40 seconds, for an average rate of over 5,000 feet per minute.[3]
Near collision with Delta 2315 Delta Air Lines Flight 2315 was a flight from Hartford, Connecticut to Tampa, Florida. Flight 175 nearly collided in midair with the flight just minutes before crashing into the South Tower of the World Trade Center.[4] Delta Air Lines, Inc. ...
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Official language(s) English Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport Largest metro area Hartford Area Ranked 48th - Total 5,543[2] sq mi (14,356 km²) - Width 70 miles (113 km) - Length 110 miles (177 km) - % water 12. ...
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Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami metropolitan area Area Ranked 22nd - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²) - Width 361 miles (582 km) - Length 447 miles (721 km) - % water 17. ...
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United 175 flew within about 200 feet (60 m) of Delta 2315, as air traffic controller Dave Bottiglia frantically tried to tell the Delta pilot to take evasive action. He was the first person in the control center to realize that Flight 175 was hijacked when he gave directions for a turn. Flight 175 didn't respond, it instead accelerated and headed toward Delta Air Lines Flight 2315. The controller commanded the Delta pilot, "Take any evasive action necessary. We have an airplane that we don't know what he's doing. Any action at all"[cite this quote]
When the plane passed by, the control center added Flight 175 on the list of hijacked planes.
Phone Calls Three passengers, Pete Hanson, Brian David Sweeney, and Garnet Bailey made phone calls, all from GTE airphones, from United Airlines Flight 175. Flight attendant Robert Fangman also made phone calls.[5][6] Garnet Ace Bailey (b. ...
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At 8:52 a.m., Pete Hanson called his father, Lee Hanson in Easton, Connecticut, telling him of the hijacking. Pete was travelling with his wife, Sue, and 2 1/2 year old daughter, Christine. Pete said that the hijackers had taken over the cockpit, that a flight attendant had been stabbed, and possibly someone else in the front of the aircraft had been killed. He also reported that the plane was flying erratically.[7] Easton is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. ...
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Flight attendant Robert Fangman called a United Airlines office in San Francisco, and spoke with Marc Policastro. He reported the hijacking, and said that both pilots had been killed.[7] He also reported that a flight attendant was stabbed, and said that the hijackers were flying the plane.[7] The call was disconnected after a minute and 15 seconds.[5] This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...
At 8:58 a.m., Brian David Sweeney tried calling his wife, Julie, and left her a message, telling her that the plane had been hijacked.[7] He then called his parents at 9:00 a.m., and spoke with his mother, Louise.[5][7] Sweeney told his mother about the hijacking, and mentioned that passengers were considering storming the cockpit and taking control of the aircraft.[7]
Pete Hanson made a second phone call to his father at 9:00 a.m.
"It's getting bad, Dad. A stewardess was stabbed. They seem to have knives and Mace. They said they have a bomb. It's getting very bad on the plane. Passengers are throwing up and getting sick. The plane is making jerky movements. I don't think the pilot is flying the plane. I think we are going down. I think they intend to go to Chicago or someplace and fly into a building. Don't worry, Dad. If it happens, it'll be very fast. My God, my God." As the call abruptly ended, Pete's father could hear a woman screaming.
Then at 9:01 AM; two minutes before impact as United 175 continued its descent into Lower Manhattan, New York Center alerted another nearby Air Traffic Facility responsible for low flying aircraft. As the flight neared the World Trade Center, ATC was able to monitor the flight's impact path.
Crash
Flight 175 as it crashed into South Tower of WTC. At 9:03, Flight 175 crashed into the southern facade of Tower 2 of the World Trade Center (south tower), travelling at approximately 590 miles per hour and impacting between floors 77 and 85 with approximately 10,000 gallons of jet fuel.[8] The plane was carrying 56 passengers (including the 5 hijackers) and 9 crew members. All onboard were killed. Hundreds more were killed within the tower and from its ensuing explosion, fires and collapse. Around 600 people were killed instantly or trapped at and above the floors of impact in the South Tower (2 WTC). Image File history File links Size of this preview: 261 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (716 × 1644 pixel, file size: 133 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) // Crash sequence of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center. ...
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According to eyewitnesses and video footage, the aircraft appeared to execute a banking left turn in the final moments, as it appeared that the plane might have otherwise missed the building or merely clipped it with its wing. Upon crashing, the plane was banked left. Those seated on the left side of the plane would, therefore, have had a clear view of the towers approaching, with one burning, until the final moment of the flight.[9]
The image of the crash was caught on video from multiple vantage points on live television and amateur video. Video were continually replayed in news broadcasts over the next few days. The clearest images of the jet visibly melting into the tower were taken from Battery Park by Carmen Taylor (still photograph)[10] and Michael Hezarkhani (video, shown first on CNN) [11]. Live television refers to television broadcasts of events or performances on a delay of between zero and fifteen seconds, rather than from video recordings or film. ...
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Some debris from the aircraft were recovered nearby, including landing gear found on top of a building on the corner of West Broadway and Park Place, an engine found at Church & Murray Street, and a section of the fuselage landed on top of 5 World Trade Center. Main and nosewheel undercarriage of a Qatar Airways Airbus A330 The undercarriage or landing gear is equipment which supports an aircraft when it is not flying. ...
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Unlike at the North Tower, initially, one of the three stairwells was still intact. Only 18 people passed the impact zone through the available stairway and left the South Tower safely before it collapsed. One of those 18 people, Stanley Praimnath was on the 81st floor and witnessed Flight 175 coming towards him. Some people above the impact zone made their way upward toward the roof in hope of a helicopter rescue. However, access doors to the roof were locked. In any case, thick smoke and intense heat prevented rescue helicopters from landing. Stanley Praimnath is a survivor of the destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001. ...
A portion of the fuselage from United Airlines Flight 175 on the roof of 5 WTC. At 9:59:04 the south tower of the World Trade Center collapsed, viewed, and heard by a vast television and radio audience. It stood for 56 minutes and 10 seconds after the impact of Flight 175. Image File history File links Wtcdebris. ...
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Miscellaneous The flight number for future flights on the same route was changed from Flight 175 to Flight 1525 "out of respect for those who died in the attack".[12] Since then, United Airlines has renumbered all flights; the current flight number for the morning flight from BOS to LAX is Flight 163 and operated by a Boeing 757 rather than Boeing 767. A flight number, when combined with the name of the airline and the date, identifies a particular flight. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...
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