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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.
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All times are Eastern Daylight Time; NEADS
= North East Air Defense Sector, NORAD
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Scramble = Order to get an aircraft airborne as soon as possible
***Estimated = loss of radar
contact
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Flight times are calculated at 9 miles per minute or .9 Mach
***** The FAA and NEADS
established 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.
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