T8 B19 Hq Faa 2 Of 3 Fdr- 9-26-01 Faa Situation Report 179

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U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration

800 Independence Ave.. S.W. Washington, DC 20591

September 26, 2001 Terrorist Attack on U.S. Situation Report #16 Asof1:OOPMEDT (Changes in bold) 1. Background. Terrorists commandeered commercial aircraft, crashing two into the World Trade Center in New York, and one into the Pentagon in Washington DC. A fourth aircraft crashed south of Pittsburgh after reporting a hijack. American and United airlines each lost two flights in the air crashes. The four flights carried a total of 266 people - 233 passengers, 25 crewmembers and eight pilots. Domestic and international flights in U.S. airspace have resumed under more stringent airport and air carrier security procedures. 2.

Operational status. NAS facilities are all fully operational • There were 125, 929 Center Controller Operations yesterday, 7% less than the Tuesday average for the previous year. • All FAA facilities are at Security Condition (SECON) CHARLIE. No FAA-wide Readiness Level has been set. • The FAA continues to restrict visitors at FAA facilities. See GENOT issued Sep 162001. • The FAA HQ CRWG is coordinating revisions to the COOP Cadre list and the development of a COOP Advance Team. • The FAA ATCSCC and ACS officials are continuing to coordinate the resumption of international commercial passenger, cargo, and Foreign Part 91 flights in the U.S. The FAA is also coordinating international humanitarian flights issues that are restricted in operating into the U.S. under the current restriction on foreign Part 91 operations. Non-Canadian foreign air carriers are permitted to overfly the territorial airspace of the U.S. only after affirming in writing to their FAA Principal Security Inspector that they will implement the emergency measures required for overflight authorization. To date, 34 Part 129 (Foreign) air carriers have been approved for overflight of U.S. territorial airspace. • Flight Restrictions and authorizations are as follows: Except for the operations listed below, Part 91 VFR operations are permitted within the territorial airspace of the U.S., for U.S. registered aircraft, provided that those operations are conducted outside "Enhanced Class B airspace." • The following operations are authorized IFR only: • News reporting operations • Civil aircraft banner towing operations

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Sight seeing flight operations (in rotorcraft and airplanes) conducted for compensation or hire (under Part 91, pursuant to the exception in 119.1(e)(2)) • Traffic watch flight operations • Airship/blimp operations • Examples of authorized VFR operations, outside "Enhanced Class B airspace" include: • Aircraft maintenance repositioning. • Airshows. • Balloon flights-both commercial and noncommercial. • Civil Air Patrol. • Gliders. • Manufacturer production flight tests. • Mapping/photography missions. • Pipeline/powerline inspections. • Seaplanes. • Skydiving. • Ultralights. • Wildlife management operations. • The following Part 91 IFR operations are authorized within the territorial airspace of the U.S. • Foreign registered aircraft departing the U.S. With no intermediate stops within the U.S. • Foreign registered aircraft overflying the U.S. With a maximum certificated takeoff gross weight less than 95,000 pounds. • VFR-on-top operations. • Other authorized operations: • All part 91 IFR/VFR operations in Alaskan airspace. • All part 91 IFR/VFR operations in Hawaiian airspace outside "enhanced class b airspace". • Within "enhanced class b airspace," all military, medivac, rescue/recovery, fire fighting, law enforcement, and emergency evacuation aircraft can conduct IFR or VFR operations using an ATC-assigned discrete beacon code. • Commercial space operations are authorized and must be approved in accordance with established procedures. FAA Flight Service Stations are providing continual updates on authorization status via their 800-number at 1-800-WXBRIEF (1-800-994-7433). FAA Order 7110.263 has been revised to assure immediate notification to NORAD, ROC, and ATCSCC of a possible hijacking.

CURRENT NOTAMS AFFECTING U.S. AIRSPACE • FDC 9952 - Flight Restrictions - New York • FDC 0100 - Flight Restrictions - Washington, DC • FDC 0298 - Flight Restrictions - Professional/Collegiate Sporting Events/Major Open Air Assemblies FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

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• FDC 0345-Emergency Air Traffic Rules-Part 91 • FDC 0347 - Emergency Air Traffic Rules- Parts 91,121, 125, 129,133, 135 • FDC 0356 - Emergency Air Traffic Rules - Part 91 • FDC 0356 - Emergency Air Traffic Rules - Part 91 3. Part 139 airport status. Airports are being approved for operation upon certification that new security requirements have been implemented. A list of these airports is posted on the FAA Intranet at: httD://atcscc.faa.gov/ois/ •

Temporary flight restrictions are in force for GA (Part 91) operations for the airspace around New York's JFK Airport and Washington's Reagan National out to a radius of 25 miles. In the New York vicinity, all major airports are open to traffic. • SFAR No. 90 - Prohibition Against Certain Flights Within the Territory and Airspace of Afghanistan - has been issued by the FAA. This emergency SFAR has been issued by NOTAM. • At the time of this report, of the 455 Part 107 U.S. airports, 454 have been certified as complying with the emergency security directives. Washington's Reagan National (DCA) has yet to be certified. • To date, 98% of the foreign air carrier stations and 95% of commercial flights to the U.S. are certified to the new security directives. The remaining uncertified air carrier stations consist primarily of the smaller carriers and those with infrequent flight schedules. Additional certifications continue to be received.

4. Personnel. AHR is tracking information on casualties to FAA employees and families resulting from the attacks. Numerous FAA employees/families have been affected. •

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AHR has issued guidance on relaxed travel policies to assist for onward movement of employees. A toll-free hotline that was established to assist stranded FAA employees has been discontinued. Further questions can be directed to the Travel Policy Help Desk at 1-800-482-4044 or 202- 267-9056.

Supplemental information. • FAA is providing domestic and international premium and non-premium war risk insurance for U.S. carriers that request it. This is the first time domestic war risk insurance has ever been issued. • AHR-1 has decided that exempt-status employees will not receive true overtime pay for the extended hours. • FEMA's Washington-based Emergency Response Team (EST) has fully activated and on 24-hour operations. All 10 of the FEMA regions - headquartered in Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago, Denton, TX, Denver, San Francisco and Bothell, Wash. - are also fully activated. • FEMA has activated the Federal Response Plan. FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

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FEMA has activated its operations center, and is working closely with the FBI's Strategic Operation Information Center (SOIC). FEMA's SIOC liaison has been activated. CAPTURING IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS: The Office of Research and Acquisition (ARA) has established a system for employees and others to offer suggestions on improving safety and security. The system has e-mail, fax, as well as telephone capability.The e-mail address is [email protected]. The fax number is 202-267-5091. The telephone number, which will be staffed Mondays - Fridays, 8:30 a.m. is 1-866-289-9673. E-mail and fax are preferred. ACS is coordinating with NRC officials the monitoring of suspicious aircraft activity in the vicinity of nuclear power plants. DOT has informed all modal administrations that DOT'S Crisis Management Center will remain active for an additional 30 days. ATP has revised FAA Order 7110.263, REPORTING OF SUSPICIOUS AIRCRAFT/PILOT ACTIVITIES, to provide for notification of the Washington Operations Center, after NORAD. Sources: FAA HQ WOC, ACC, ATCSCC, ANE ROC, AEA ROC, ASO ROC, DOT/OET, FEMA, NOAA, Media Authorized for Release:

Dan Noel Manager, Emergency Operations Staff

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