DH B1 NORAD Briefings Fdr- Power Point 9-11 Excursion (AA 77 and UA 93) 801

8/14/2019 DH B1 NORAD Briefings Fdr- Power Point 9-11 Excursion (AA 77 and UA 93) 801

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This Brief is Classified

9/11 Exc(AA77and

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Facts andAssumFacts: 0902 EOT 0909 EOT 0937 EOT

Second World Trade Tower (WTT) hitBattle Stations for the NORAD F-16s aAA77 hits thePentagon

Assumptions (if a scramble order had been given a 0910 EOT - Two F-16s takeoff from LangleyAFB f 0925 EOT - F-16s on station over the NCR flying a The F-16s would have had 12 minutes of patrol tim The F-16s carry radar and IR missiles and a gun The air patrol is a box pattern (12 nm per side) cenWhite House Hostile aircraft not squawking so transponder inte

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W I T H DR AWA L NOT ICE

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Folder Title: [NORAD Briefings and OIG Report]Document Date:Document Type: Briefing SlidesSpecial Media:From:To:

Subject: NCR Notional Air Patrol Box

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Cueing toHelp from the FAA? The FAA lost contact with AA77 wtransponder was turned off at 0851 EDTover West VirDCA located AA77 at 0933, but NEADS was not notifieNEADS did not have time to do anything about itHelp from NEADS? NEADS never saw AA77, so no cupossible. The best NEADS could do would have beencall to "look over there"The theoretical best that could be achieved by the FAAthe following chain: 0933-DCA FAA calls FAAWashington Center 0936 - The FAA Washington Center calls NEADS ???? - NEADS calls the F-16s to respond ???? - TheF-16s respond before 0937.5 0937.5 - AA77 Impact

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Subject: Most Optimistic Visual Sighting (page 5) and Tasksand Timelines (page 6)

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Facts and AssumptFacts: 0946 EOT - Radar contact lost with UA93 1003EOT - UA93 Crashes into ShanksvillAssumptions: UA93 does not crash into Shanksville,PA 1003EOT - UA93 is flown directly to eithePhiladelphia, NewYork City, or Washingto UA93 flies perfectly straight at 400knots w The NORAD fighters will follow the same R NORAD fighters are flying air patrol over N

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Flight Path ofUA93 Until Loss o

Detroit

Philad

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The Neces

The previous analysis of AA77 made it cleon visual pickup of an airliner will most likprovide enough time to respond Even with every variable optimized, the onthere may have been 2 minutes to respondmade a 3-minute turn at the very end The remainder of the UA93 analysis will a

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The Special Cas

Pittsburgh New Yo292 miles80miles Crash Site

Washington, DC The above diagram shows that even with perfect cpossible way that either the NYC or NCR air patrolsPittsburgh in time to stop UA93 At 400 knots, UA93 would hit Pittsburgh in 13 minu At Mach 1.4with perfect cueing, it would still take t15 minutes just to get to Pittsburgh

No further analysiswill be done on PittsburghUNCLASSIFIED


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Protectin

Crash SiteN ew York C i

109 milehiladelphia

Washington, DC

Since New York City is closer to Philadelphia than the NYC air patrol would be diverted to protect Philair patrol will be backfilled by Otis AFB

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Cueing The analysis of AA77 demonstrated that oNORAD fighters have intercepted a hostileat least four minutes to receive the authori

Extra warning time is highly desired to keeat least five miles from densely populated (one minute will be the factor)

The intercept time must also be factored in3.5 minutes to intercept from NYC and DC,for Philadelphia

If the hostile is traveling at 400 knots, thenminimum warning distance would be 60 nafrom NYC and DC, 100 for PhiladelphiaUNCLASSIFIED


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From Crash Siteto Cue Point: Washington:8 minutesPhiladelphia:14 minutesNew York City:24 minutes

From Crash Site: Minimu

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Without timely cueing, fighters flying air padense airspaces probably will not be ablefast hostilesIf Washington, DC had been the target of Uwould have been required to respond in a within the rules of engagement at that time

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DH B1 NORAD Briefings Fdr- Power Point 9-11 Excursion (AA 77 and UA 93) 801