Posted on 10/05/2001 7:04:17 AM PDT by truther
WASHINGTON -- Cockpit voice recordings from United Airlines Flight 93 indicate that the hijacked jet's passengers attacked their captors and fought their way into the cockpit before the jet went down, according to data obtained Wednesday.
The account is based on an ongoing analysis of the cockpit voice recorder. It illustrates the passengers' heroic efforts to fight off the four terrorists who had commandeered the jet Sept. 11 on an apparent suicide mission to Washington.
The digital recording, according to officials with knowledge of its contents, picks up sounds of people shouting and screaming in the cabin and cockpit shortly before the crash. A high level of background noise has made it difficult for investigators to interpret exactly what was being said or done.
Also unclear is who was at the controls of the jet -- the hijackers or the passengers -- when it slammed into a field in Pennsylvania, killing all 44 aboard. A preliminary review of the flight data recorder indicated the jet turned on its back and flew straight into the ground, sources said.
An FBI official testified Wednesday that the tape proved what many suspected.
"I can confirm that the passengers engaged in a fight for their lives with their four hijackers and most likely saved the lives of unknown individuals on the ground," J.T. Caruso, deputy assistant FBI director for counterterrorism, said in testimony before a House intelligence subcommittee.
Three other teams of hijackers led attacks that day on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Several passengers aboard Flight 93 learned of the other hijackings via cellphone calls and knew that they had ended in suicide crashes.
Authorities have asked outside experts to analyze the recorder a second time for further details. The use of filters and other computer analysis of cockpit voice recorders is common after an accident.
The recorder is a modern digital model and produced a high-quality record of the last 30 minutes of the flight.
Voice recorders store sounds from microphones that pilots wear on their headsets and from a microphone embedded in the cockpit wall. Normally, it is easy to determine who is speaking on a recording because the voice can be linked to a specific headset. But sounds on the Flight 93 recording came primarily from the cockpit wall microphone, making it more difficult to decipher.
Investigators also are examining a tape of short radio broadcasts from the jet, apparently at the time hijackers took control of the cockpit. Sources who have heard the tape say it recorded a violent struggle.
Flight 93 was headed from Newark, N.J., to San Francisco when it was hijacked. Because the jet crashed more than 30 minutes after the hijacking, the recording did not capture the takeover of the cockpit.
America, it's time the rest of us started to "Roll"!
I'd bet those SOB's get a pot of boiling water poured on 'em.
We will never forget these American patriots.
One small comfort is that I think the hijackers were screaming in agony because they had boiling hot water thrown in their faces by the minutemen and women passengers. It's too bad that the their assault on these creeps couldn't have taken place at a higher altitude. The passengers might have had a chance to survive then.
Cordially,
I believe that Arlington is nearly full. Maybe it's time to create a new national cemetery in Pennsylvania for the heroes who will fall in this long campaign against terrorism.
I believe that Arlington is nearly full. Maybe it's time to create a new national cemetery in Pennsylvania for the heroes who will fall in this long campaign against terrorism."
An excellent suggestion! I can't remember if Jeff Head suggested this or not!
A friend in NYC suggested that when the WTC area is cleared and the rebuilding starts, that a plaque with the picture and short bio of each fireman, emt and policeman who were mass murdered at the WTC be place in a circle around the new site or around a memorial area. Visitors could then walk around and look at each plaque to get the full impact of this mass murder. Then these brave souls, the first responders, will not be forgotten as the left wingers are trying to spin amnesia about the mass murdering of all at the WTC!
I believe that Arlington is nearly full. Maybe it's time to create a new national cemetery in Pennsylvania for the heroes who will fall in this long campaign against terrorism.
That's the best and most fitting tribute I've heard to those passengers and crew aboard United Flight 93 so far, and I'll pass the thought along to a couple of folks in a position to get the ball rolling. I have a pending dinner meeting with a congressman, and I can think of a couple of others who can spread the word.
-archy-/-
Cowards! I hope they screamed all the way down to where ever they ended up. More proof that these puppets were cowards.
Michael
Cordially,
Nathan Hale:"I Regret That I Have But One Life To Give For My Country!"
Flt 93 Hero Todd Beamer:"Let's Roll!"
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