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1. 080918 AA11 Check in AA11: Boston Center, good morning, American11 with you passing through one niner zero for two three zero. Boston Sector: American 11, Boston Center, roger, climb,

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Staff List

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COMMISSION STAFF RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS REPORT   John J. Farmer, Jr., Senior Counsel & Team Leader John A. Azzarello, Counsel Miles L. Kara, Sr., Professional Staff Member Kevin Shaeffer, Professional

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Preface

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[PREFATORY NOTE TO THE 2011 RUTGERS LAW REVIEW PUBLICATION [As the team on the 9/11 Commission Staff responsible for reconstructing the facts of the day itself, Team 8 was scrupulous

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1. THE FAA AND NORAD

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  On 9/11 the defense of U.S. air space depended on close interaction between two federal agencies: the FAA and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).  The last hijacking

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2. PROTOCOLS FOR RESPONDING TO HIJACKINGS

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  Before we proceed to the chronology of events of 9/11, we turn to a description of the protocols of both the FAA and NORAD for response to a hijacking

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3. THE OPERATIONAL FACTS OF 9/11

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  Despite the multitude of newspaper and other media accounts, congressional and Commission testimony, and books and periodicals devoted to the government’s response to the 9/11 attacks, the operational sequence

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4. AMERICAN 11

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  4.1 FAA Awareness At 8:00 on September 11, 2001, American Airlines Flight 11 began its takeoff roll at Logan Airport in Boston. A Boeing 767, American 11 was bound

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5. UNITED 175

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  5.1 FAA Awareness United Airlines Flight 175, a Boeing 767 carrying 65 passengers en route from Boston’s Logan Airport to Los Angeles, took off from Logan Airport at 8:14,

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6. AMERICAN 77

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  6.1 FAA Awareness American Airlines Flight 77 began its takeoff roll from Dulles International Airport at 8:20.[i] The flight proceeded normally through air space controlled by the Washington Air

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7. ANOTHER MISTAKEN REPORT: DELTA FLIGHT 1989

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  Right after the Pentagon was hit, NEADS learned of another possible hijacked aircraft. It was an aircraft that in fact had not been hijacked at all. After the second

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