Hijackers' Radio Transmissions of Sept. 11
Hijackers' radio transmissions were played for the first time providing a chilling record of Sept. 11 events.
"We have some planes. Just stay quiet and you'll be OK. We are returning to the airport," a hijacker, believed to be Mohamed Atta, the alleged ringleader of the 19 hijackers, told the passengers of American Airlines Flight 11. "Nobody move. Everything will be OK. If you try to make any moves, you'll endanger yourself and the airplane. Just stay quiet."The tape was played for the audience at the commission's hearing. That transmission was the first inkling federal air-traffic controllers had of the hijacking of American Airlines Flight 11 shortly after takeoff from Boston's Logan Airport at 8 a.m. EDT. Atta had been speaking to the plane's passengers, but the radio transmission was received at the FAA's Boston Center. More... National Post
There was a second transmission, with sounds of someone yelling, "Get out of here, get out of here." Then came another transmission. "Keep remaining sitting. We have a bomb on board." Then another transmission came. "Uh, is the captain. Would like you all to remain seated. There is a bomb on board and are going back to the airport, and to have our demands (unintelligible). Please remain quiet."