Boeing 757 accident near Shanksville, PA
On September 11, 2001, a Boeing 757 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Shanksville, PA. 44 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 11, 2001
- Place
- Shanksville, PA
- Aircraft
- Boeing 757 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 44 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 40.019°N, 78.909°W
- NTSB ID
- 20020123X00106
Official records · DCA01MA065
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 are under the jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Safety Board provided requested technical assistance to the FBI, and any material generated by the NTSB is under the control of the FBI. The Safety Board does not plan to issue a report or open a public docket.
Probable cause
The Safety Board did not determine the probable cause and does not plan to issue a report or open a public docket. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 are under the jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Safety Board provided requested technical assistance to the FBI, and any material generated by the NTSB is under the control of the FBI.
From Wikipedia
United Airlines Flight 93 was an American domestic passenger flight from Newark International Airport in New Jersey to San Francisco International Airport in California that was hijacked by four al-Qaeda terrorists on the morning of September 11, 2001, as part of the September 11 attacks. The hijackers intended to crash the plane into a federal government building in Washington, D.C. However, their plan failed when passengers and crew members revolted in an attempt to regain control of the plane. As a result of the ensuing struggle, the terrorists crashed the plane into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, killing all 44 aboard the flight.
Forty-six minutes after the Boeing 757 took off at 8:42 a.m. EDT, the hijackers killed one passenger, stormed the cockpit, struggled with the pilots as controllers on the ground listened in, and moved the remaining passengers and crew members to the rear of the aircraft. Lead hijacker Ziad Jarrah, who had trained as a pilot, took control of the aircraft and diverted it back toward the East Coast, in the direction of D.C.
Text from Wikipedia, “United Airlines Flight 93”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
