NORTH AMERICAN AEROSPACE DEFENSE COMMAND Directorate of Public Affairs, Headquarters, North American Aerospace Defense Command & US Space Command, 250 S. Peterson Blvd, Suite 116, Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, Colo. 80914-3190 Phone (719) 554-6889 DSN 692-6889 NORAD and US Space Command website address: http://www.peterson.af.mil/norad or http://www.peterson.af.mil/usspacecom 18 September, 2001 NORAD'S Response Times PETERSON AFB, Colo. -- The following timelines show NORAD's response to the airliner hijackings on September 11, 2001. *All times are Eastern Daylight Time; NEADS= North East Air Defense Sector, NORAD **Scramble = Order to get an aircraft airborne as soon as possible ***Estimated = loss of radarcontact ****Flight times are calculated at 9 miles per minute or .9 Mach ***** The FAA and NEADSestablished a line of open communication discussing AA Flt 77 and UA Flt 93 | American Airlines Flight 11 - Boston enroute to Los Angeles | | FAA Notification to NEADS | 0840* | | Fighter Scramble Order (Otis Air National Guard Base, Falmouth, Mass. Two F-15s) | 0846** | | Fighters Airborne | 0852 | | Airline Impact Time (World Trade Center 1) | 0846 (estimated)*** | | Fighter Time/Distance from Airline Impact Location | Aircraft not airborne/153 miles | | United Airlines Flight 175 - Boston enroute to Los Angeles | | FAA Notification to NEADS | 0843 | | Fighter Scramble Order (Otis ANGB, Falmouth, Mass. Same 2 F-15s as Flight 11) | 0846 | | Fighters Airborne | 0852 | | Airline Impact Time (World Trade Center 2) | 0902 (estimated) | | Fighter Time/Distance from Airline Impact Location | approx 8 min****/71 miles | | American Flight 77 - Dulles enroute to Los Angeles | | FAA Notification to NEADS | 0924 | | Fighter Scramble Order (Langley AFB, Hampton, Va. 2 F-16s) | 0924 | | Fighters Airborne | 0930 | | Airline Impact Time (Pentagon) | 0937 (estimated) | | Fighter Time/Distance from Airline Impact Location | approx 12 min/105 miles | | United Flight 93 - Newark to San Francisco | | FAA Notification to NEADS | N/A ***** | | Fighter Scramble Order (Langley F-16s already airborne for AA Flt 77) | | | Fighters Airborne (Langley F-16 CAP remains in place to protect DC) | | | Airline Impact Time (Pennsylvania) | 1003 (estimated) | | Fighter Time/Distance from Airline Impact Location | approx 11 min/100 miles
(from DC F-16 CAP) |
Source: North American Aerospace Defense Command. |