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On September 11, 2001, 19 al-Qaeda hijackers seized four commercial aircraft. Three reached their targets—the World Trade Center and Pentagon—while passengers on United Airlines Flight 93 fought back, causing it to crash in Pennsylvania.
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Investigations found that cockpit security weaknesses, limited awareness of suicide hijackings, transponder shutoffs, and serious FAA–NORAD communication and coordination failures prevented an effective interception.
9/11 Commission

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00:00Reportedly, on the morning of September 11th, four planes leave airports across the northeastern US.
00:05None will reach their destination.
00:07Here's what really happened.
00:08At 7.59, American Airlines Flight 11 leaves Boston for Los Angeles.
00:12At 8.14, United Airlines Flight 175 also leaves Boston.
00:16Both head west before changing direction.
00:18At 8.46, Flight 11 reaches New York and crashes into the North Tower.
00:2317 minutes later, Flight 175 hits South Tower.
00:26Two more planes are in the air.
00:27At 8.20, American Airlines Flight 77 leaves Washington-Dulles for Los Angeles.
00:32It turns around, now heading back toward Washington.
00:35At 9.37, Flight 77 reaches the Pentagon.
00:38Meanwhile, at 8.42, United Airlines Flight 93 leaves Newark for San Francisco, delayed 40 minutes by runway traffic.
00:45After passengers learn what happened in New York and Washington, they fight back, turning the plane toward Washington.
00:50New York is hit, the Pentagon is burning, and Flight 93 is closing in on Washington, but it never arrived.
00:56At 10.03, it crashes into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
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