T8 B17 Faa Trips 2 Of 3 Fdr- Ny Artcc 9-11 Event Summary 165

NYARTCC, September 11,2001

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On September 11, 2001, between 1239 UTC and 1305 UTC the following actions were taken by New York ARTCC to try and mitigate the many incidents occurring at this time. New York ARTCC sector 42 initiated a track on primary target believed to be AAL11 heading southbound. ZNY STMC asks ZNY MLS to get military assistance. ZNY ATM called N90 OMIC to warn them to look for primary target in vicinity of Hudson River southbound toward Manhattan. ZNY ATM asks Area B OSIC & CIC to coordinate for fighter intercept on hijack aircraft. ZNY MLS contacts Huntress. Several discussions over a period of 12 minutes occurred, including much information about type aircraft, aircraft call sign, beacon code and location. UAL175 asked to recycle transponder by ZNY Sector R42. Sector R42 CPC monitoring both primary targets for AAL11 and UAL175 informs CIC continuously of both aircraft, positions, and altitudes when available. ZNY ATM observes target on R42 and R55 display heading toward NYC. ZNY ATM attempts several phone calls to AEA ATD to warn of another hijack and probable second attack on WTC. N90 OMIC informs ZNY ATM that EWR ATCT reports an aircraft crashed in the World Trade Center. ZNY ATM warns N90 that more is going on and that there is more than one hijack. Additional hijack may be headed toward NYC. ZNY OMIC directs STMCs to stop all traffic into NYARTCC. ZNY MLS notifies ZNY ATM that military aircraft are scrambled and requests current location and beacon code of aircraft. ZNY ATM notifies him that the aircraft appears to have crashed in the same location. ZNY AATM notified ATM that second aircraft crashed into WTC with live pictures on CNN. ZNY ATM directs OMIC to declare ATC 0. All international oceanic traffic within ZNY was told to divert to alternate destinations. A lock down of New York ARTCC was accomplished.

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