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American Airlines Flight 11 takes off
7:59am: a Boeing 767 with 92 people aboard, takes off from Boston’s Logan International Airport en route to Los Angeles. -
United Airlines Flight 175 takes off
8:14am: a Boeing 767 with 65 people aboard, takes off from Boston; it is also headed to Los Angeles. -
American Airlines Flight 77 takes off
8:20am: Takes off from Dulles International Airport outside of Washington, D.C. The Boeing 757 is headed to Los Angeles with 64 people aboard. -
North Tower Struck
8:46am: Mohammed Atta and the other hijackers aboard American Airlines 11 crash the plane into floors 93-99 of the North Tower. -
United Airlines Flight 175 crashes into South Tower
9:03am: Hijackers crash flight 175 into the South tower and kill everyone on board. -
Flights banned
9:08am: FAA bans all flights for takeoff through NYC and airspace around city. -
Flight 77 crashes into Pentagon
9:37am: Hijackers crash flight 77 into the Pentagon, on the western side, killing 59 aboard the plane and 125 military and civilian personnel inside the building. -
South Tower Collapses
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Flight 93 crashes
10:07am: Once passengers/crew members learn about the attacks in New York, they try to take over the plane. The hijackers crash into a field in Pennsylvania, killing all 40 passengers. -
North Tower Collapse
10:28am: The North Tower collapses.