The Flight 93 Hijack-- What Happened
First of all, let me review this post, where I showed how unlikely it was that the flight 93 crew would be caught by surprise by a hijacking:
Okay, so what did the passengers who called from flight 93 say about the hijacking? Actually, only a few of the passengers had any significant details about how the hijacking occurred (besides the fact that it was three guys with knives): Tom Burnett, Jeremy Glick, Sandy Bradshaw and Todd Beamer.
Tom Burnett gives no details on how the hijackers took over control of the plane. He does say during his 9:34am call that "they're in the cockpit." Later he seems to hear the hijackers talking about crashing the plane into the ground, but it's not clear under what cicumstances he heard this. Burnett talks about participating in the passenger revolt.
Sandy bradshaw said most of the passengers were in the back of the plane, but a few were still in first class.
Jeremy Glick says three hijackers put on red headbands, stood up, yelled, then ran into the cockpit. He doesn't say if there was any resistance for them getting into the cockpit. He says they had something they claimed was a bomb. He said they sent the passengers to the back of the plane and threatened to blow it up.
Todd Beamer said three men hijacked the plane. He says two went into the cockpit and locked the door. The third person stood in first class with what looked like a bomb around his waist. He ordered everyone to sit down, then closed the curtain that separated first class from coach. It's not clear which side of the curtain the hijacker was on.
Beamer said the hijackers had forced 27 of the passengers into the first-class compartment near the front. He and nine other passengers and five flight attendants were ordered to sit on the floor in the rear of the plane. It is not clear how he could see the other passengers with the curtain blocking.
There are two slightly conflicting accounts of what Beamer said about the pilots of the plane. According Longman, Beamer said there were two people lying on the floor in first class and the flight attendant told Beamer they were the pilots. In a newspaper account of Beamer's call, Beamer said he did not know the whereabouts of the pilots. He said a flight attendant had told him the pilot and copilot had been forced from the cockpit and may have been wounded. The difference is probably due to different interpreataions of Beamer's words.
In any case, we do have a major conflict about where the passengers are in the plane. Glick and Bradshaw say most of the passengers were in the back of the plane while Beamer says most were in the front.
The Beamer account actually makes very little sense. For instance, why would the hijakcers cram 27 people into the twelve seats in first class? Also, why would a hijacker stand BETWEEN the groups of passengers? That is just dumb. Moreover, it doesn't make sense that a hijacker would even be out in the passenger area and allow all the phone calls that supposedly went on. (The cell phone calls, particular Burnett's early calls are very suspect.) Moreover, the hijacker would be so badly outnumbered that he would be at risk being between groups of passengers. So that is just silly. I don't know where Beamer's account comes from-- if he is making it up or if someone gave him a bad script.
Interestingly, Tom Burnett's wife said he seemed to be walking around (Longman, page 111). Why would the hijackers let him walk around? Moreover, Burnett, although he was in first class, where all the hiajckers were, is unsure about whether they really have a bomb. He hasn't seen a bomb-- he thinks the hijackers are just making it up. Why isn't Burnett seeing the bomb the others see? Again, Burnett was using a cell phone the first time he called (when the plane would have been at maximum altitude), and thus this call may have been made somewhere besides in the plane in the air. His second call at 9:34am was apparently made by AirPhone. His third call was made by cell phone. Longman doesn't say if the fourth call was cell phone or AirPhone. In any case, my guess is Burnett was not calling from the plane and may have been participating in a terror or hiajcking drill.
In summary, there are some strange contradictions in the passenger accounts of the hijacking itself.
But it gets even weirder. My next post will be on the passengers' accounts of the passenger revolt.
Quotes from Jere Longman: "Among the Heroes", Harper Collins, New York, NY, copyright 2002
Jason Dahl is one of the pilots of flight 93. Deborah Welsh is the lead flight attendant on the flight.
"Dahl and Welsh had established the secret-knock sequence that she would use to enter the cockpit. The code was changed on every flight. United flight attendants did not carry cockpit keys, which were to be used for emergencies. One key was always located in the forward part of each aircraft, sometimes in the galley, but not always in the same place"
(p. 6)
"In the event of a hijacking, flight attendants were to phone the cockpit and mention the word "trip"".
(p. 6)
This info BLOWS AWAY the official story.
These quotes tell us:
1) that the crew locked the cockpit doors, so the hijackers could not have just walked in, they would have to smash the door open.
2) the pilots can hear knocks on the cockpit door. If they can hear knocks, they can hear someone trying to ram open the cockpit door.
3) the crew members were prepared for a hijacking!
Yet according to the official 9/11 story, the flight 93 pilots NEVER notified ground control of a hijacking, either by radio or by changing the transponder code.
But based on the information above, there is simply no way the UA93 pilots could have been taken by surprise.
This is a smoking gun next to the dead body of the official story of flight 93.
The only conclusion I can draw is that the hijacking of UA93 was faked. Possibly, the hijacking was acted out as part of the live-fly hijacking drill that was taking place on 9/11.
Okay, so what did the passengers who called from flight 93 say about the hijacking? Actually, only a few of the passengers had any significant details about how the hijacking occurred (besides the fact that it was three guys with knives): Tom Burnett, Jeremy Glick, Sandy Bradshaw and Todd Beamer.
Tom Burnett gives no details on how the hijackers took over control of the plane. He does say during his 9:34am call that "they're in the cockpit." Later he seems to hear the hijackers talking about crashing the plane into the ground, but it's not clear under what cicumstances he heard this. Burnett talks about participating in the passenger revolt.
Sandy bradshaw said most of the passengers were in the back of the plane, but a few were still in first class.
Jeremy Glick says three hijackers put on red headbands, stood up, yelled, then ran into the cockpit. He doesn't say if there was any resistance for them getting into the cockpit. He says they had something they claimed was a bomb. He said they sent the passengers to the back of the plane and threatened to blow it up.
Todd Beamer said three men hijacked the plane. He says two went into the cockpit and locked the door. The third person stood in first class with what looked like a bomb around his waist. He ordered everyone to sit down, then closed the curtain that separated first class from coach. It's not clear which side of the curtain the hijacker was on.
Beamer said the hijackers had forced 27 of the passengers into the first-class compartment near the front. He and nine other passengers and five flight attendants were ordered to sit on the floor in the rear of the plane. It is not clear how he could see the other passengers with the curtain blocking.
There are two slightly conflicting accounts of what Beamer said about the pilots of the plane. According Longman, Beamer said there were two people lying on the floor in first class and the flight attendant told Beamer they were the pilots. In a newspaper account of Beamer's call, Beamer said he did not know the whereabouts of the pilots. He said a flight attendant had told him the pilot and copilot had been forced from the cockpit and may have been wounded. The difference is probably due to different interpreataions of Beamer's words.
In any case, we do have a major conflict about where the passengers are in the plane. Glick and Bradshaw say most of the passengers were in the back of the plane while Beamer says most were in the front.
The Beamer account actually makes very little sense. For instance, why would the hijakcers cram 27 people into the twelve seats in first class? Also, why would a hijacker stand BETWEEN the groups of passengers? That is just dumb. Moreover, it doesn't make sense that a hijacker would even be out in the passenger area and allow all the phone calls that supposedly went on. (The cell phone calls, particular Burnett's early calls are very suspect.) Moreover, the hijacker would be so badly outnumbered that he would be at risk being between groups of passengers. So that is just silly. I don't know where Beamer's account comes from-- if he is making it up or if someone gave him a bad script.
Interestingly, Tom Burnett's wife said he seemed to be walking around (Longman, page 111). Why would the hijackers let him walk around? Moreover, Burnett, although he was in first class, where all the hiajckers were, is unsure about whether they really have a bomb. He hasn't seen a bomb-- he thinks the hijackers are just making it up. Why isn't Burnett seeing the bomb the others see? Again, Burnett was using a cell phone the first time he called (when the plane would have been at maximum altitude), and thus this call may have been made somewhere besides in the plane in the air. His second call at 9:34am was apparently made by AirPhone. His third call was made by cell phone. Longman doesn't say if the fourth call was cell phone or AirPhone. In any case, my guess is Burnett was not calling from the plane and may have been participating in a terror or hiajcking drill.
In summary, there are some strange contradictions in the passenger accounts of the hijacking itself.
But it gets even weirder. My next post will be on the passengers' accounts of the passenger revolt.
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