UA 175 takes off
Part of 9-11| Event Details | |||
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 | Primary Organization | United Airlines Flight 175 Hijackers | |
| Other Organization | 9-11 plotters | |
| Other Organization | Al-Qaeda | |
| Location | Boston Logan International Airport, BOS, Boston, Massachusetts, United States | |
| Time | 0814 local, Sept. 11, 2001 | |
| Participants | Marwan al-Shehhi (Leader) , Fayez Bannihammad (Attacker) , Mohand al-Shehri (Attacker) , Ahmed al-Ghamdi (Attacker) , Hamza al-Ghamdi (Attacker) | |
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| Narrative and Notes | |||
| Reliable | United 175 pushed back from its gate at 7:58 a.m. and took off at 8:14 a.m. On board the Boeing 767 were Captain Victor Saracini, First Officer Michael Horrocks, seven flight attendants and 56 passengers, including the five terrorists. Marwan al-Shehhi, the only trained pilot among the hijackers, sat in seat 6C. Banihammad sat in 2A and al-Shehri in 2B; Hamza al-Ghamdi sat in 9C, and Ahmed al-Ghamdi sat in 9D. At 8:33, the plane had reached its assigned cruising altitude of 31,000 feet. The plane's last transmission was 8:42, when the flight crew reported hearing a suspcious transmission, presumably the call from American Airlines Flight 11. It is believed that the hijackers attacked shortly thereafter.1 | |
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| 1The 9-11 Commission Final Report, July 22, 2004, Chapter 1.1. | |||
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