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American Airlines 77 Timeline
Event
8:39:50 ZDC ZID Handoff from Moreland Sector to Henderson Sector
8:40:13 AA77 HNN AA77 with you level three three zero
8:40:15 HNN AA77 Roger, squawk three seven four three
8:43:51 HNN AA77 AA77 climb and maintain flight level three five zero
8:43:55 AA77 HNN three, three, three five oh, American 7 7
8:47:16 HNN AA77 Turn 1 0 degrees right for traffic
8:47:20 AA77 HNN Ten right, American 7 7
8:50:47 HNN AA77 Cleared direct Falmouth
8:50:51 AA77 HNN Direct Falmouth, American seventy seven, thank you
8:56:34 HNN AA77 American seventy seven, Indy [no response]
8:56:45 HNN AA77 American seventy seven, American, Indy [no response]
8:57:12 HNN AA77 American seventy seven, Indy, radio check [no response]
8:57:27 HNN AA77 American seventy seven, American, radio check [no response]
8:57:39 HNN DAC American 77, 1 don't know what happened to him, I'm trying to reach him
8:57:44 HNN DAC Looks like he took a turn to the south, last thing he said was he was heading towards Falmouth at thirty five
8:58:14 HNNRA AAL First call from Indy to American Air dispatcher, Jim McDonnell
8:58:18 DAC AA77 American seventy seven, Center [no response]
8:58:38 AAL HNN RA All right we'll get a hold of him for you
8:58:41 HNN AA77 American seventy seven, Indy, How do you read? [no response]
8:58:51 HNN AA77 American seventy seven, Indy, radio check [no response]
8:59:31 DAC AA77 American seventy seven, Center [no response]
8:59:44 HNN DAC Haven't got AA77, I'm still trying to get hold of him, we contacted the Company
9:00:25 HNN AA77 American seventy seven, Indy [no response]
9:00:28 AAL2493 HNN Sent message to AAL dispatch
9:00:38 HNN AAL2493 We also contacted your company, thanks for the help
9:00:56 DAC AA77 Indy Center calling American seventy seven, American, seventy seven [no response]
9:02:06 HNNRA AAL Second call from Indy to American Air dispatcher, Jim McDonnell
9:02:12 AAL HNN RA I cell called him but did not get a reply back from him
9:02:15 HNNRA AAL We lost track control, he's in coast track, don't know where he is
9:03:06 HNN AA77 American seventy seven, Indy [no response]
9:05:34 DAC BOB re N80CC, I had him turned right to get him away from where American seventy seven was supposed to be
9:06:22 HNNRA DACRA Do you have radar on him over Falmouth
9:06:26 DACRA HNNRA No we just moved the track there, we never, you know
9:06:28 HNN RA DACRA All right, you just have the track out there
9:06:39 DACRA HNNRA We treated] him like non radar and told next sector to sterilize
9:06:43 BTVRA IMP Heading your way, estimating gbees at thirteen after the hour, still trying to figure out when he's estimating Juddi
9:07:53 DAC BTV Have you been given the information on [77] [Yes I have, Joe]
9:08:27 BTVRA IMP AA77 estimating Judy at nineteen past the hour, just estimating
9:08:56 BTV AAL683 Descend and maintain flight level three three zero
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9:09:00 ZID AGL ROC AA77 off radar YRK 080 010, reported to air traffic by ROC, ten miles NE of York
9:09:01 HNNRA AAL Third call from Indy to American Air dispatcher, Jim McDonnell, AA11 and WTC mentioned
9:09:01 AAL683 BTV That's for traffic I guess
9:09:03 AAL HNN RA No, but unconfirmed report second airplane his trade center and exploded
9:09:05 BTV AAL683 I've got one of your company aircraft crossing you, we don't really know where he's at right now
9:09:22 AAL683 BTV Anything we can do?
9:09:26 BTV AAL683 You may want to call your company
9:09:29 AAL HNNRA AAL implicitly links AA77 and WTC
9:09:38 AAL683 BTV We'll send a message right away
9:10:39 HNNRA DACRA Two controllers discuss and implicitly link AA1 1 and AA77 to WTC
9:12:37 BTV IMP Impel has the data block pulled up on seventy seven

9:13:08 TMUS ATCSCC Call, to Pat Summersal, Command Center

9:13:29 BTV AAL683 He should be somewhere out about your nine o'clock, see if you can get a visual or something
9:13:55 AAL683 BTV We did send a message via ACARS to company, want me to try calling on guard? <That's fine sir.>
9:14:36 HNNRA AAL Fourth call from Indy to American Air dispatcher, Jim McDonnell
9:14:47 HNNRA AAL AAL and Indy implicitly link AA1 1 and AA77 to the WTC
9:15:20 IMP ROCCK Impel tells ZKC, Rocck Sector about flight plan on AA77
9:15:31 IMP ROCCK Blocking at FL35 coming down J134, estimating Carol at 1338Z
9:16:58 ZDC TMUS TSD Ghost call from ZDC
9:17:04 AAL683 BTV No joy on guard
9:17:35 TMUS ZDC Gary Johnson and John Thomas discuss AA77 as a suspected hijacking
9:18:05 ROCCK IMP That estimate good or are you just guessing cause you're not really sure where he is
9:18:12 IMP ROCCK Very ball park quesstimate
9:18:14 ROCCK IMP OK, when was last time you heard from him
9:18:16 IMP ROCCK About two sectors ago near Falmouth, just south of Cincinnati. ..120 miles back
9:18:46 BTV IMP Company AA683 tried on guard, never had a visual, he was looking all around
9:27:01 ROCCK IMP Just where you think AA77 suppose to be at.. suggestion, you aware of what happened in NY
9:27:10 ROCCK IMP Bring to attention... might be associated where they lost him, might have been hijacked to another location
9:28:01 BTV UNK Possible terrorist attack at WTC, two airplanes were crashed and reports of American enroute LA has been hijacked
9:30:10 ATCSCC TMUS Tim Smith broadcast call re airborne inventory
9:33:38 IADFW Anyone National 62 anyone quickly please
9:33:46 IADND DCA National, you've got a primary target heading for P56 to the west, 10 miles west, fast moving
9:33:52 DCA Krant Background: He's radar contact
9:34:00 IADND Anyone Anybody on the 62, primary target 10 west of your place
9:34:03 DCA IADND Yeah, we see him
9:34:15 IAD Sup DCA TRA Sup Tracking a fast moving primary heading toward the White House, White House has been advised
9:34:21 Gofer 06 DCA Dep Washington departure, Gopher zero six
9:34:24 DCA IADFW Thanks Dulles, we're talking to P56 on it
9:34:33 Gofer 06 DCA Dep Gopher zero six with you climbing to three thousand
9:35:02 IAD AD AEA Hendershot tells Ruggieri they tracked a fast moving primary headed toward White House, White House and DCA advised
9:35:18 AEA Dulles AD Hold on a minute John, I'm talking, passing the info, AEA continues to pass info [into the TACNET]
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/ 9:35:52 ATCSCC TMUS Pat Summersall calls re ghost tracking on AA77 on Indy/KC boundary
9:36:16 DCA Tyson Gofer 06 Gopher zero six traffic eleven o'clock five miles north bount fast moving type altitude unknown
9:36:22 Gofer 06 DCA Tyson We have the traffic in sight at twelve o'clock
9:36:26 DCA Tyson Gofer 06 All right, you have the traffic, do you know what kind it is, can you see?
9:36:29 Gofer 06 DCA Tyson Looks like a seven fifty seven sir... looks like he's at a low altitude
9:36:51 Gofer 06 DCA Tyson Traffic for Gopher 06 still in descent and looks like hes rolled out northeast bound
9:37:05 UNK(OSIC) DCA Tyson You got a military... tell him to turn right
9:37:07 DCA Krant DCALC That's a seven five seven <that gopher guy> no, the look, the look is a seven fifty seven
9:37:09 DCA Tyson Gofer 06 Gopher [06] turn right and follow the traffic please... heading zero eight zero we're going to vector you for the traffic
9:37:21 DCA IADFW Dulles, I'm keeping Gopher zero six with me
9:37:56 Gofer 06 DCA Tyson That aircraft is down, he's at our 12 o'clock, looks like its just northwest of the airfield at this time sir
9:38:09 DCA Tyson Gofer 06 Gopher [06] thank you descend and maintain two thousand
9:38:24 DCA Krant DCALC Did you see what happened up there? <Yeah, it went into the Pentagons
9:38:26 IAD Sup DCA TRA Sup Eastern Region has us on the phone and they asked you be on continuous hotline with White House <we're doing it>
9:38:26 Gofer 06 DCA Tyson Looks like that aircraft crashed into the Pentagon, sir
9:38:51 DCA Sup ATCSCC Hi Wanda, we had a crash into Pentagon by a 737 or 757, shut down all arrivals into National Airport
9:39:08 DCA Tyson Gofer 06 Go ahead and move away towrds the west, 27o heading and two thousand, for now
9:39:16 Gofer 06 DCA Tyson We're climbing to three thousand, looks like that aircraft has impacted the west side of the Pentagon
9:39:40 DCA IADFW Dulles, that guy hit the Pentagon
9:39:42 TMUS Still a ghost, a hold, one hit the Pentagon
9:40:20 DCA Tyson Gofer 06 Climb and maintain one one eleven thousand turn right heading three three zero
9:41:12 IADND ZDC They just hit the Pentagon. <They hit the Pentagon?> They hit the Pentagon.
9:42:24 DCA Tyson Gofer 06 Maintain one seven thousand and contact Dulles
11:56 ATCSCC TMUS CC calls re CNN report that AA77 had crashed [in Indy space]