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from London also going to Los Angeles. At 8:19 a.m., Flight attendants in Flight 11 informed the ground personnel that the plane has been hijacked and then they informed the FBI. At 8:20 a.m., American Airlines Flight 77 takes off from Dulles International Airport also traveling to Los Angeles. At 8:24 a.m. the hijacker, Mohammed Atta, takes Flight 11 to ground control. At 8:40 a.m., the Northeast Air Defense Sector (NEADS) got in the air trying to locate Flight 11 after they are informed that it

time that happen on this day. • 8:19 am – Flight attendants aboard Flight 11 alert ground personnel that the plane has been hijacked; American Airlines notifies the FBI. • 8:20 am – American Airlines Flight 77 takes off from Dulles International Airport outside of Washington, D.C. The Boeing 757 is headed to Los Angeles with 64 people aboard. • 8:24 am – Hijacker Mohammed Atta makes the first of two accidental transmissions from Flight 11 to ground control (apparently in an attempt to communicate

In 2015 ABC News reported on a homeland security’s inspector general report stating that airport screeners, who are employed by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), failed to detect banned weapons in 67 of 70 tests at dozens of airports. They also failed to detect mock explosives and weapons 95% of the time. (Gardian) In August of 2014, a woman was able to board a plane at the San Jose Airport without a ticket, made it all the way to her destination before being arrested by police, and

large crowd of people” (Source 9). No one at the time understood what was happening, the nation was in a state of shock. This passenger airplane turned out to be American Airlines, Flight 11 which came out of Boston, Massachusetts from Logan International Airport (Source 1). The original route was heading to upstate New York when suddenly it was hijacked by terrorists which then controlled the plane to come down towards the city, specifically Manhattan in an aim to hit the World Trade Center. Everyone

British Airways (BA) is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom, based in Waterside, near its main hub at London Heathrow Airport. It is the largest airline in the UK based on fleet size, international flights and international destinations and second largest measured by passengers carried, behind easyJet. The British Airways Board was established in 1971 to control the two nationalised airline corporations, BOAC and BEA, and two smaller, regional airlines, Cambrian Airways, from Cardiff

lived up to its promises and stopped the production. The opposition had then been crushed and no longer posed a problem to Southwest Airlines. In April, 2006, Southwest Airlines has announced their plans for expansion into the Washington Dulles International Airport. Their plan is to compete with the other budget carriers there such as Jetblue and AirTran Airways. United Airlines, one of the bigger airlines, will also be one of their competitors. Many believe that this move by Southwest Airlines

happening in present day with Trump’s travel ban, the first law regarding immigration to be enacted in the United States excluded specific groups that were deemed unfit for full participation. On January 29, 2017, “Passengers [at Dulles International Airport outside of Washington, D.C.] disembarking from flights who were

million passengers annually with 5,100 daily departures. (United Airlines - Star Alliance, 2014). Although the future of United Continental Holdings is still uncertain, their massive size and international partnerships continue to make them major

happened on that terrible day in New York City. The first flight is the Carrier United Airlines, this flight is a Boeing 757 and is numbered 93 caring around 44 people. Flight number 93 is taking off from the city of Boston’s Airport by the name of Logan International Airport, this flight original destination is Los Angeles California. The second flight is also a United Airlines flight whose number is 175 also a Boeing 767 and is departing from Boston in route to Los Angeles California. At around

Location/Boundaries- Virginia’s location is on the eastern coast of the United States of America. It is near West Virginia, Maryland, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Kentucky and the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., which is the District of Columbia. The average elevation of Virginia is 950 feet or 290 meters. Also, Virginia is surrounded by the Potomac River. b. Virginia’s Key Physical Features – The highest point of Virginia is Mount Rogers, which is located at 5,729 feet and the lowest