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NORTH AMERICANAEROSPACE DEFENSE COMMAND |
Directorate of Public Affairs, Headquarters, North American Aerospace
Defense Command & US Space Command,
250 S. Peterson Blvd, Suite 116, Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, Colo.
80914-3190 Phone (719) 554-6889 DSN 692-6889
NORAD and US Space Command website address:
http://www.peterson.af.mil/norad
or
http://www.peterson.af.mil/usspacecom
18 September, 2001
Contact:
(719) 554-6889
NORAD’S Response Times
PETERSON AFB, Colo. --The following timelines show NORAD’s response to the airliner hijackings on September 11, 2001.
* All times are Eastern
Daylight Time; NEADS = North East Air
Defense Sector, NORAD
** Scramble = Order to
get an aircraft airborne as soon as possible
***Estimated = loss of
radar contact
**** Flight times are
calculated at 9 miles per minute or .9 Mach
***** The FAA and NEADS
established a line of open communication discussing AA Flt 77 and UA Flt 93
American Airlines Flight 11 – Boston enroute to Los Angeles | |
FAA Notification to NEADS | 0840* |
Fighter Scramble Order (Otis Air National Guard Base, Falmouth, Mass. Two F-15s) |
0846** |
Fighters Airborne |
0852 |
Airline Impact Time (World Trade Center 1) |
0846 (estimated)*** |
Fighter Time/Distance from Airline Impact Location |
Aircraft not airborne/153 miles |
United Airlines
Flight 175 – Boston enroute to Los Angeles
FAA Notification
to NEADS0843
Fighter Scramble
Order (Otis ANGB, Falmouth, Mass. Same
2 F-15s as Flight 11)0846
Fighters Airborne
0852
Airline Impact Time (World
Trade Center 2)0902
(estimated)
Fighter Time/Distance
from Airline Impact Locationapprox 8
min****/71 miles
American Flight
77 –Dulles enroute to Los Angeles
FAA Notification
to NEADS0924
Fighter Scramble
Order (Langley AFB, Hampton, Va. 2
F-16s
)0924
Fighters Airborne
0930
Airline Impact Time
(Pentagon)0937
(estimated)
Fighter Time/Distance
from Airline Impact Locationapprox 12
min/105 miles
United Flight
93 – Newark to San Francisco
FAA Notification
to NEADSN/A *****
Fighter Scramble
Order (Langley F-16s already airborne
for AA Flt 77)
Fighters Airborne (
Langley F-16 CAP remains in place to protect DC)
Airline Impact Time
(Pennsylvania)1003
(estimated)
Fighter Time/Distance
from Airline Impact Locationapprox 11
min/100 miles
(from DC F-16 CAP)
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