Timeline Map Of 9/11 Shutdown of North American Airspace – Brilliant Maps

This
video
map
above
comes
from
an
animated
map
created
by
NASA
using
FAA
air
traffic
control
data
from
September
11,
2001.
(You
can
watch
the
original
below)

It
has
been
modified
by
slowing
it
down
2.5x
times
to
allow
for
a

timeline
of
major
events
to
be
included.

From
the
original
video:

It
shows
the
rapid
grounding
of
air
traffic
across
the
US,
and
redirection
of
incoming
international
traffic,
in
response
to
the
9/11
terrorist
attacks.

Time
is
at
lower
left,
number
of
planes
in
the
air
lower
right.

At
9:06am,
FAA
issued
a
ground
stop
to
all
traffic
not
yet
departed
that
would
encounter
NY
airspace
[“tier
one”-
NY,
DC,
Boston,
Cleveland]
.

A
series
of
rapid
decisions
followed,
including
redirecting
inbound
traffic
away
from
NY
and
warning
airplanes
in
the
air
of
potential
cockpit
intrusion.

At
9:45am,
FAA
Command
Center
decided
to
close
all
US
airspace
for
the
first
time
in
history.
Within
a
few
hours,
all
commercial
air
traffic
was
grounded.

NASA/FAA
Video

Timeline
of
9/11

Below
I’ve
included
a
brief
timeline
of
events
from
September
11th
from

Wikipedia.

7:59
am:

American
Airlines
Flight
11,
a
Boeing
767
with
registration
number
N334AA,
carrying
76
passengers
(excluding
the
hijackers)
and
11
crew
members,
departs
14
minutes
late
from

Logan
International
Airport
in
Boston,
bound
for

Los
Angeles
International
Airport.
Five
hijackers
are
on
board.
Hijacker
and
ringleader
Mohamed
Atta
was
piloting
the
plane
into
the
North
Tower
of
the
World
Trade
Center.

8:14
am:

United
Airlines
Flight
175,
a
Boeing
767,
with
registration
number
N612UA
carrying
56
passengers
(excluding
the
hijackers)
and
9
crew
members,
departs
14
minutes
late
from
Logan
International
Airport
in
Boston,
bound
for
Los
Angeles
International
Airport.
Five
hijackers
are
on
board.
Lead
hijacker-pilot
Marwan
al-Shehhi
was
piloting
the
plane
into
the
South
Tower
of
the
World
Trade
Center.

8:14
am:
Flight
11
is
hijacked
over
central
Massachusetts,
turning
first
northwest,
then
south
heading
straight
to
New
York.

8:20
am:
American
Airlines
Flight
77,
a
Boeing
757
with
registration
number
N644AA
with
58
passengers
(excluding
the
hijackers)
and
6
crew
members,
departs
10
minutes
late
from

Washington
Dulles
International
Airport,
for
Los
Angeles
International
Airport.
Five
hijackers
are
on
board.
Lead
hijacker-pilot
Hani
Hanjour
will
pilot
the
plane
into
the
West
side
of
The
Pentagon.

8:42
am:
United
Airlines
Flight
93,
a
Boeing
757
with
registration
number
N591UA
with
37
passengers
(excluding
the
hijackers)
and
7
crew
members,
departs
42
minutes
late
from
Newark
International
Airport
(now

Newark
Liberty
International
Airport),
bound
for

San
Francisco
International
Airport.
Four
hijackers
are
on
board.
Lead
hijacker-pilot
is
Ziad
Jarrah.

8:42–8:46
am
(approx.):
Flight
175
is
hijacked
above
northwest
New
Jersey,
about
60
miles
(100
km)
northwest
of
New
York
City,
continuing
southwest
briefly
before
turning
back
to
the
northeast.

8:46:40
am:
Flight
11
crashes
into
the
north
face
of
the
North
Tower
(1
WTC)
of
the
World
Trade
Center,
between
floors
93
and
99.
All
passengers
aboard
are
instantly
killed
with
an
unknown
number
inside
the
building.
The
aircraft
enters
the
tower
on
impact.

8:50–8:54am (approx.):
Flight
77
is
hijacked
above
southern Ohio,
turning
to
the
southeast.
The
transponder
is
turned
off
by
hijacker-pilot
Hani
Hanjour.

9:03:02
am:
Flight
175
crashes
into
the
south
face
of
the
South
Tower
(2
WTC)
of
the
World
Trade
Center,
between
floors
77
and
85.
All
passengers
and
crew
are
killed
together
with
an
unknown
number
inside
the
building.
Out
of
the
four
attacks,
it
is
the
only
one
witnessed
by
a
live
television
audience
and
confirms
that
the
North
Tower
had
been
deliberately
attacked.

9:28am:
Flight
93
is
hijacked
above
northern
Ohio,
turning
to
the
southeast.

9:37:46
am:
Flight
77
crashes
into
the
western
side
of
The
Pentagon.
All
58
passengers
and
crew
were
killed
aboard
the
aircraft,
as
well
as
an
additional
125
(including
emergency
workers)
on
the
ground.

9:45
am:
United
States
airspace
is
shut
down
by
the
Federal
Aviation
Administration;
all
operating
aircraft
are
ordered
to
land
at
the
nearest
airport,
and
international
flights
are
not
permitted
into
the
airspace.
Operation
Yellow
Ribbon
begins.

9:57
am:
The
passengers
aboard
Flight
93
begin
a
revolt,
planned
by
Todd
Beamer,
Mark
Bingham,
Tom
Burnett,
Jeremy
Glick,
and
others,
moving
against
the
hijackers
in
an
attempt
to
take
back
the
plane.

9:59:00
am:
The
South
Tower
of
the
World
Trade
Center
collapses,
56
minutes
after
the
impact
of
Flight
175.
Impact
speed
of
the
plane
is
considered
one
of
the
likely
factors
of
the
shorter
amount
of
time
between
impact
and
collapse
than
that
of
the
North
Tower.

10:03:11
am:
Flight
93
is
crashed
by
its
hijackers
as
a
result
of
fighting
in
the
cockpit
80
miles
(129
km)
southeast
of
Pittsburgh
in
Somerset
County,
Pennsylvania.
Later
reports
indicate
that
passengers
had
learned
about
the
World
Trade
Center
and
Pentagon
crashes
and
were
resisting
the
hijackers.
The
9/11
Commission
believed
that
Flight
93’s

target
was
either
the
United
States
Capitol
building
or
the
White
House
in
Washington,
D.C.
but
Khalid
Sheikh
Mohammed
claims
that
the
United
States
Capitol
was
the
main
target.

10:20
am:
President
Bush,
aboard
Air
Force
One,
tells
Vice
President
Cheney
that
he
has
authorized
a
shootdown
of
aircraft
if
necessary.

10:28:25
am:
The
North
Tower
of
the
World
Trade
Center
collapses,
1
hour
and
42
minutes
after
the
impact
of
Flight
11.

10:50:19
am:
All
five
stories
of
the
Pentagon
on
the
West
side
where
American
77
crashed
collapse
due
to
the
fire
started
by
the
crash.

12:15

am
(approximately):
The
airspace
over
the
48
contiguous
United
States
is
clear
of
all
commercial
and
private
flights.

5:20:33
pm:
7
World
Trade
Center,
a
47-story
building,
collapses
after
fires
started
inside
the
building.

Flight
paths
of
the
four
hijacked
planes
used
in
the
terrorist
attacks
on
September
11,
2001

Operation
Yellow
Ribbon

Operation
Yellow
Ribbon
was
initiated
by
Canada
in
response
to
the
September
11,
2001
attacks
in
the
United
States.

Its
primary
goal
was
to
quickly
divert
civilian
aircraft
from
U.S.
airspace—where
they
could
potentially
be
used
as
weapons—and
safely
land
them
in
Canada.

The
operation
was
coordinated
by
Transport
Canada
and
Nav
Canada,
with
additional
support
from
various
agencies,
including
the
Department
of
National
Defence
and
the
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Police.

In
total,
between
225
and
240
flights
were
rerouted
to
17
airports
across
Canada,
mainly
in
Nova
Scotia,
Newfoundland,
and
British
Columbia,
with
other
provinces
also
assisting.

None
of
the
diverted
flights
posed
an
actual
threat.

Canadian
airports
provided
accommodation
and
support
to
thousands
of
stranded
passengers
until
U.S.
airspace
reopened.

The
operation
notably
included
shutting
down
Canadian
airspace
to
all
but
police,
military,
and
humanitarian
flights—a
first
in
Canada’s
history—and
deploying
emergency
measures
to
coordinate
security,
customs,
and
immigration
screening.

The
United
States
later
expressed
gratitude
for
Canada’s
swift
response
and
solidarity
during
the
crisis.

By
the
Numbers

Different
sources
offer
varying
figures
on
the
number
of
diverted
flights
and
passengers.

Transport
Canada
reported
that
over
33,000
passengers
arrived
on
224
flights,
while
Nav
Canada
recorded
a
total
of
239
flights.

Prime
Minister
Jean
Chrétien
noted
that
the
number
of
flights
ranged
from
225
to
250,
with
passenger
counts
estimated
between
30,000
and
45,000.

Here’s
the
data
from
NavCan
by
airport

Gander
International
Airport,
the
first
North
American
airport
on
the
transatlantic
route,
took
in
38
wide-body
aircraft—primarily
bound
for
the
United
States.

Around
6,600
passengers
and
crew
were
accommodated,
a
substantial
number
given
Gander’s
resident
population
of
fewer
than
10,000
people
at
the
time.

Then-Canadian
Prime
Minister
Jean
Chrétien
observed
that
in
just
a
few
hours,
the
town’s
population
had
increased
by
more
than
50%.

9/11
Death
Toll

Note:
These
figures
do
not
include
the
hijackers.

For
more
see:

Countries
That
Lost
Citizens
On
9/11

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