11 September attacks

## September 11 attacks

Smoke ascending from the The World Trade Center as result of American Airlines Flight 11 and American Airlines Flight 175 crashing into both towers

### Location

* World Trade Center, New York City, New York State, United States
* The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, United States
* Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania, United States

### Target

* World Trade Center, New York City, New York State, United States
* The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, United States
* US Capitol Building or The White House, Washington D.C., United States (failed after passenger revolt)

### Attack type

* Plane crash
* Terrorist attack

### Weapons

* 2 Boeing 767 aircrafts
* 2 Boeing 757 aircrafts

### Perpetrator

Multiple, see Perpetrators of the September 11 attacks

### Motive

Islamic extremism

The **September 11 attacks** (commonly known as **9/11**) were 4 consecutive terrorist vehicle-ramming attacks that occurred on 11 September, 2001 in 3 locations, **World Trade Center** in **New York City, The Pentagon** in **Arlington County** and **Stonycreek Township**, all of which in the United States in which 19 hijackers who were associated with al-Qaeda, a Sunni pan-Islamist militant organization, hijacked and deliberately crashed 4 commercial airliners, killing 2,997 people and injuring 6,000 to 25,000 others.

## Attacks

### New York City attacks

#### North Tower attack

* **7:59 a.m** - American Airlines Flight 11 departed from Logan International Airport, bound for Los Angeles International Airport, carrying 76 passengers, 11 crew members and 5 hijackers are on board.
* **8:14 a.m** - American Airlines Flight 11 was hijacked over central Massachusetts, turning first northwest, then south heading straight to New York.
* **8:46:40 a.m** - American Airlines Flight 11 was flown into the north face of the North Tower of the World Trade Center, between floors 93 and 99. All passengers aboard were instantly killed with an unknown number inside the building.
* **9:45 a.m** - United States airspace was shut down by the Federal Aviation Administration; all operating aircraft were ordered to land at the nearest airport, and international flights were not permitted into the airspace.
* **10:28:25 a.m** - The North Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed, 1 hour and 42 minutes after the impact of Flight 11. The Marriott Hotel, located at the base of the two towers was also destroyed.

#### South Tower attack

* **8:14 a.m** - United Airlines Flight 175 departed from Logan International Airport in Boston, bound for Los Angeles International Airport, carrying 56 passengers, 9 crew members and 5 hijackers.
* **Approximately 8:44** - United Airlines Flight 175 was hijacked above northwest New Jersey, about 60 miles (100 km) northwest of New York City, continuing southwest briefly before turning to the northeast.
* **9:03:02** - United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the south face of the South Tower of the World Trade Center, between floors 77 and 85. All passengers and crew were killed together with an unknown number inside the building. Parts of the plane, including the starboard engine, leave the building from its east and north sides, falling to the ground six blocks away.
* **9:45** - United States airspace was shut down by the Federal Aviation Administration; all operating aircraft were ordered to land at the nearest airport, and international flights were not permitted into the airspace.
* **9:59:00** - The South Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed, 56 minutes after the impact of Flight 175.

### Arlington County attack

* **8:20 a.m** - American Airlines Flight 77, departed Washington Dulles International Airport, for Los Angeles International Airport, carrying 58 passengers, 6 crew members and 6 hijackers.
* **Approximately 8:52** - American Airlines Flight 77 was hijacked above southern Ohio, turning to the southeast.
* **9:37:46** - American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the western side of The Pentagon. All 59 passengers and crew were killed aboard the aircraft and an additional 125 on the ground. The crash started a violent fire.
* **9:45** - United States airspace was shut down by the Federal Aviation Administration; all operating aircraft were ordered to land at the nearest airport, and international flights were not permitted into the airspace.
* **10:50:19** - All 5 stories of the west of the Pentagon collapsed due to a fire started by the crash.

### Stonycreek County attack

* **8:42** - United Airlines Flight 93 departed from Newark International Airport, bound for San Francisco International Airport, carrying 37 passengers, 7 crew members and 4 hijackers.
* **9:28** - United Airlines Flight 93 was hijacked above northern Ohio, turning to the southeast.
* **9:45** - United States airspace was shut down by the Federal Aviation Administration; all operating aircraft were ordered to land at the nearest airport, and international flights were not permitted into the airspace.
* **9:57**: The passengers aboard United Airlines Flight 93 began a revolt, planned by Todd Beamer, Mark Bingham, Tom Burnett, Jeremy Glick, and others, moving against the hijackers in an attempt to take back the plane.
* **10:03:11**: United Airlines Flight Flight 93 was crashed by its hijackers as a result of fighting in the cockpit 80 miles (129 km) southeast of Pittsburgh in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Later reports indicate that passengers had learnt about the World Trade Center and Pentagon crashes and were resisting the hijackers. The 9/11 Commission believes that Flight 93's target was either the United States Capitol building or the White House in Washington, D.C. but The Former Head of Propaganda for al-Qaeda, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed claimed that the United States Capitol was the main target.

## Perpetrators

The perpetrators of the attack were 19 men affiliated with Islamist jihadist organization al-Qaeda. They hailed from four countries; 15 of them were citizens of Saudi Arabia, two were from the United Arab Emirates, one was from Egypt, and one from Lebanon.

## External links

* September 11 attacks at English Wikipedia

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 September 11 Attack Timeline.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.
3. ↑ Timeline for United States Airlines Flight 175.