# Flight 93 Cockpit Transcript

This is a transcript of a cockpit voice recorder from United Airlines Flight #93, one of four airlines hijacked on 11 September 2001. It was the only one of the four planes that did not reach its intended target, instead crashing in an empty field just outside Shanksville, Pennsylvania, about 150 miles northwest of Washington, D.C. The 9/11 Commission (through testimony, tapes of passengers' phone calls, and the flight data recorders recovered from the crash) determined that crew and passengers, alerted through phone calls to loved ones, attempted to subdue the hijackers. The 9/11 Commission concluded that the hijackers crashed the plane to keep the crew and passengers from gaining control.
Text in bold is translated from Arabic.
GOVERNMENT EXHIBIT P200056T 01-455-A ID
United Airline Flight #93 Cockpit Voice Recorder Transcript
Key: Bolded text = English translation from Arabic
| Time (EDT) | Transcript |
| 09:31:57 | Ladies and Gentlemen: Here the captain, please sit down keep remaining seating. We have a bomb on board. So sit. |
| 09:32:09 | Er, uh…Calling Cleveland Center…You're unreadable. Say again slowly. |
| 09:32:10 | Don't move. Shut up. |
| 09:32:13 | Come on, come. |
| 09:32:16 | Shut up. |
| 09:32:17 | Don't move. |
| 09:32:18 | Stop. |
| 09:32:34 | Sit, sit, sit down. |
| 09:32:39 | Sit down. |
| 09:32:41 | Unintelligible…the brother. |
| 09:32:54 | Stop. |
| 09:33:09 | No more. Sit down. |
| 09:33:10 | That's it, that's it, that's it, down, down. |
| 09:33:14 | Shut up. |
| 09:33:20 | Unintelligible. |
| 09:33:20 | 'We just, we didn't get it clear…Is that United Ninety Three calling? |
| 09:33:30 | Jassim. |
| 09:33:34 | In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. |
| 09:33:41 | Unintelligible. |
| 09:33:43 | Finish, no more. No more. |
| 09:33:49 | No. No, no, no, no. |
| 09:33:53 | No, no, no, no. ​ |
| 09:34:00 | Go ahead, lie down. Lie down. Down, down, down. |
| 09:34:06 | There is someone…Huh? |
| 09:34:12 | Down, down, down. Sit down. Come on, sit down. No, no, no, no, no. No. |
| 09:34:16 | Down, down, down. |
| 09:34:21 | Down. |
| 09:34:25 | No more. |
| 09:34:26 | No more. Down. |
| 09:34:27 | Please, please, please… |
| 09:34:28 | Down. |
| 09:34:29 | Please, please, don't hurt me… |
| 09:34:30 | Down. No more. |
| 09:34:31 | Oh, God. |
| 09:34:32 | Down, down, down. |
| 09:34:33 | Sit down. |
| 09:34:34 | Shut up. |
| 09:34:42 | No more. |
| 09:34:46 | This? |
| 09:34:47 | Yes. |
| 09:34:47 | Unintelligible. |
| 09:34:57 | One moment, one moment. |
| 09:34:59 | Unintelligible. |
| 09:35:03 | No more. |
| 09:35:06 | Down, down, down, down. |
| 09:35:09 | No, no, no, no, no, no… |
| 09:35:10 | Unintelligible. |
| 09:35:15 | Sit down, sit down, sit down. ​ |
| 09:35:17 | Down. |
| 09:35:18 | What's this? |
| 09:35:19 | Sit down. Sit down. You know, sit down. |
| 09:35:24 | No, no, no. |
| 09:35:30 | Down, down, down, down. |
| 09:35:32 | Are you talking to me? |
| 09:35:33 | No, no, no. Unintelligible. |
| 09:35:35 | Down in the airport. |
| 09:35:39 | Down, down. |
| 09:35:40 | I don't want to die. |
| 09:35:41 | No, no. Down, down. |
| 09:35:42 | I don't want to die. I don't want to die. |
| 09:35:44 | No, no. Down, down, down, down, down, down. |
| 09:35:47 | No, no, please. |
| 09:35:57 | No. |
| 09:37:06 | That's it. Go back. |
| 09:37:06 | That's it. Sit down. |
| 09:37:36 | Everything is fine. I finished. |
| 09:38:36 | Yes. |
| 09:39:11 | Ah. Here's the captain; I would like to tell you all to remain seated. We have a bomb aboard, and we are going back to the airport, and we have our demands. So, please remain quiet. |
| 09:39:21 | Okay. That's ninety three calling? |
| 09:39:24 | One moment. |
| 09:39:34 | United ninety three. I understand you have a bomb on board. Go ahead. |
| 09:39:42 | And center exec jet nine fifty six. That was the transmission. |
| 09:39:47 | Okay. Ah. Who called Cleveland? ​ |
| 09:39:52 | Executive jet nine fifty-six, did you understand that transmission? |
| 09:39:56 | Affirmative. He said that there was a bomb on board. |
| 09:39:58 | That was all that you got out of it also? |
| 09:40:01 | Affirmative. |
| 09:40:03 | Roger. |
| 09:40:03 | United Ninety-Three. Go ahead. |
| 09:40:14 | United Ninety-Three. Go ahead. |
| 09:40:17 | Ahhh. |
| 09:40:52 | This green knob? |
| 09:40:54 | Yes, that's the one. |
| 09:41:05 | United Ninety-Three, do you hear the Cleveland Center? |
| 09:41:14 | One moment. One moment. |
| 09:41:15 | Unintelligible |
| 09:41:56 | Oh, man. |
| 09:44:18 | This does not work now. |
| 09:45:13 | Turn it off. |
| 09:45:16 | …seven thousand… |
| 09:45:19 | How about we let them in? We let the guys in now. |
| 09:45:23 | Okay. |
| 09:45:24 | Should we let the guys in? |
| 09:45:25 | Inform them, and tell him to talk to the pilot. Bring the pilot back. |
| 09:45:57 | In the name of Allah. In the name of Allah. I bear witness that there is no other god but Allah. |
| 09:47:31 | Unintelligible |
| 09:47:40 | Allah knows. |
| 09:48:15 | Unintelligible |
| 09:48:38 | Set course. ​ |
| 09:49:37 | Unintelligible |
| 09:51:27 | Unintelligible |
| 09:51:35 | Unintelligible |
| 09:52.02 | Unintelligible |
| 09:52:31 | Unintelligible |
| 09:53:20 | The best thing: The guys will go in, lift up the… Unintelligible …and they put the axe into it. So, everyone will be scared. |
| 09:53:27 | Yes. |
| 09:53:28 | The axe. |
| 09:53:28 | Unintelligible |
| 09:53:29 | No, not the |
| 09:53:35 | Let him look through the window. Let him look through the window. |
| 09:53.52 | Unintelligible |
| 09:54:09 | Open. |
| 09:54:11 | Unintelligible |
| 09:55:06 | You are…One… |
| 09:56:15 | Unintelligible |
| 09:57:55 | Is there something? |
| 09:57:57 | A fight? |
| 09:57:59 | Yeah? |
| 09:58:33 | Unintelligible Let's go guys. Allah is greatest. Allah is greatest. Oh, guys. Allah is greatest. |
| 09:58:41 | Ugh. |
| 09:58:43 | Ugh. |
| 09:58:44 | O Allah. O Allah. Oh the most Gracious |
| 09:58:47 | Ugh. Ugh. |
| 09:58:52 | Stay back. ​ |
| 09:58:55 | In the cockpit. |
| 09:58:57 | In the cockpit. |
| 09:58:57 | They want to get in there. Hold, hold from the inside. Hold from the inside. Hold. |
| 09:59:04 | Hold the door. |
| 09:59:09 | Stop him. |
| 09:59:11 | Sit down. |
| 09:59:13 | Sit down. |
| 09:59:15 | Sit down. |
| 09:59:16 | Unintelligible |
| 09:59:17 | What? |
| 09:59:18 | There are some guys. All those guys. |
| 09:59:20 | Let's get them. |
| 09:59:25 | Sit down. |
| 09:59:29 | What? |
| 09:59:30 | What. |
| 09:59:31 | What? |
| 09:59:36 | Unintelligible |
| 09:59:37 | What? |
| 09:59:39 | Unintelligible |
| 09:59:41 | Unintelligible |
| 09:59:42 | Trust in Allah and in him. |
| 09:59:45 | Sit down. |
| 09:59:47 | Unintelligible |
| 09:59:53 | Ahh. |
| 09:59:55 | Unintelligible |
| 09:59:58 | Ahh. ​ |
| 10:00:06 | There is nothing. |
| 10:00:07 | Is that it? Shall we finish it off? |
| 10:00:08 | No. Not yet. |
| 10:00:09 | When they all come, we finish it off. |
| 10:00:11 | There is nothing. |
| 10:00:13 | Unintelligible |
| 10:00:14 | Ahh. |
| 10:00:15 | I'm injured. |
| 10:00:16 | Unintelligible |
| 10:00:21 | Ahh. |
| 10:00:22 | O Allah. O Allah. O gracious. |
| 10:00:25 | In the cockpit. If we don't, we'll die. |
| 10:00:29 | Up, down. Up, down, in the cockpit. |
| 10:00:33 | The cockpit. |
| 10:00:37 | Up, down. Saeed, up, down. |
| 10:00:42 | Roll it. |
| 10:00:55 | Unintelligible |
| 10:00:59 | Allah is the greatest. Allah is the greatest. |
| 10:01:01 | Unintelligible |
| 10:01:08 | Is that it? I mean, shall we pull it down? |
| 10:01:09 | Yes, put it in it, and pull it down. |
| 10:01:10 | Unintelligible |
| 10:01:11 | Saeed. |
| 10:01:12 | …engine… |
| 10:01:13 | Unintelligible |
| 10:01:16 | Cut off the oxygen. ​ |
| 10:01:18 | Cut off the oxygen. Cut off the oxygen. Cut off the oxygen. |
| 10:01:34 | Unintelligible |
| 10:01:37 | Unintelligible |
| 10:01:41 | Up, down. Up, down. |
| 10:01:41 | What? |
| 10:01:42 | Up, down. |
| 10:01:42 | Ahh. |
| 10:01:53 | Ahh. |
| 10:01:54 | Unintelligible |
| 10:01:55 | Ahh. |
| 10:01:59 | Shut them off. |
| 10:02:03 | Shut them off. |
| 10:02:14 | Go. |
| 10:02:14 | Go. |
| 10:02:15 | Move. |
| 10:02:16 | Move. |
| 10:02:17 | Turn it up. |
| 10:02:18 | Down, down. |
| 10:02:23 | Pull it down. Pull it down. |
| 10:02:25 | Down. Push, push, push, push, push. |
| 10:02:33 | Hey. Hey. Give it to me. Give it to me. |
| 10:02:35 | Give it to me. Give it to me. Give it to me. |
| 10:02:37 | Give it to me. Give it to me. Give it to me. |
| 10:02:40 | Unintelligible |
| 10:03:02 | Allah is the greatest. |
| 10:03:03 | Allah is the greatest. ​ |
| 10:03:04 | Allah is the greatest. |
| 10:03:06 | Allah is the greatest. |
| 10:03:06 | Allah is the greatest. |
| 10:03:07 | No. |
| 10:03:09 | Allah is the greatest. Allah is the greatest. |
| 10:03:09 | Allah is the greatest. Allah is the greatest. |