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Time each flight took off
7:59 am – American Airlines Flight 11 takes off from Boston’s Logan International Airport heading to Los Angeles.
8:14 am – United Airlines Flight 175 takes off from Boston; it is also headed to Los Angeles.
8:20 am – American Airlines Flight 77 takes off from Dulles International Airport outside of Washington, D.C and was heading towards Los Angeles.
8:41 am – United Airlines Flight 93 takes off from Newark International Airport en route to San Francisco. -
Time each plane crashed and their location
8:46 am – American Airlines Flight 11 crash into floors 93-99 of the North Tower of the World Trade Center
9:03 am – United Airlines Flight 175 crash into floors 75-85 of the WTC’s South Tower
9:37 am – Flight 77 crash into the western façade of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.
10:07 am – Flight 93 crash into a field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania -
Distress calls from planes
At 8:19 am, flight attendants aboard Flight 11 alert ground personnel that the plane has been hijacked; American Airlines notifies the FBI. At 10:07 am passengers and crew members aboard Flight 93 contact friends and family. -
Collapse of the WTC1
The South Tower of the World Trade Center collapses at 9:59 am which is 56 minutes after United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into it. -
Collapse of WTC 2
The World Trade Center’s North Tower collapses at 10:28 am, 102 minutes after being struck by Flight 11 -
President Bush is informed of the Attacks
At 8:50, President George W. Bush is informed of the events by the White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card during his visit to an elementary school in Sarasota, Florida. -
All flights grounded
At 9:42 am, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounds all flights in or over the United States. About 4,500 planes are guided to airports in Canada and the United States over the next two-and-a-half hours.
