Mohamed Atta: Difference between revisions

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0.5em;margin-left:0px;line-height:1.5em;">The hijacking began at 8:14 a.m.—15 minutes after the flight departed—when beverage service would be starting. At this time, the pilots stopped responding to air traffic control, and the aircraft began deviating from the planned route.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ntsb_5-1" style="line-height:1em;font-weight:normal;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Atta#cite_note-ntsb-5 [6]]</sup> At 8:18 a.m., flight attendants [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Ong Betty Ong] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeline_Amy_Sweeney Madeline Amy Sweeney] began making phone calls to American Airlines to report what was happening. Ong provided information about lack of communication with the cockpit, lack of access to the cockpit, and passenger injuries.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-911-ch1_79-2" style="line-height:1em;font-weight:normal;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Atta#cite_note-911-ch1-79 [80]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Ong_81-0" style="line-height:1em;font-weight:normal;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Atta#cite_note-Ong-81 [82]]</sup> At 8:24:38 a.m., a voice believed to be Atta's<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="line-height:1em;white-space:nowrap;">[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability not in citation given]'']</sup> was heard by air traffic controllers, saying: "We have some planes. Just stay quiet and you will be OK. We are returning to the airport." "Nobody move, everything will be OK. If you try to make any moves you'll endanger yourself and the airplane. Just stay quiet..." "Nobody move please. We are going back to the airport. Don't try to make any stupid moves." The plane's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transponder transponder] was turned off at 8:28 a.m. At 8:46:40 a.m., Atta<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="line-height:1em;white-space:nowrap;">[''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability not in citation given]'']</sup> crashed the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_767 Boeing 767] into the North Tower of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center World Trade Center]. This was the first aircraft to hit the Twin Towers on the morning of September 11, 2001. It was also the first attack of the day. As a result of the crash the tower burned and collapsed resulting in thousands of additional casaulties.</p>

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