The FAA claims the memo, time-stamped Sept. 11 at 5:30 p.m., was written in error. I suspect that is an accurate description of what happened. It sounds like some of the wild speculation that occured on 9/11. Remember the stories of truck bombs going off near the Treasury Building, up to five other hijacked planes being tracked, etc.?
My immediate reaction when I heard that two hijacked jets had been crashed into the WTC was to wonder how the H they had gotten firearms aboard the airplane. I could not conceive how four to six hijackers could control an airplane with pocketknives. Sounds like someone at the FAA felt the same way.
It sounds like some of the wild speculation that occured on 9/11. Remember the stories of truck bombs going off near the Treasury Building, up to five other hijacked planes being tracked, etc.? The report seems too specific to have been idle speculation ... specific names and seat numbers and on-board source (stewardess). If they did manage to get a gun aboard Flight 11, it means security was even worse than previously reported.
I could not conceive how four to six hijackers could control an airplane with pocketknives. Sounds like someone at the FAA felt the same way.
The FAA person would have had to be an out and out liar to have embellished his account with fake specific details (seat numbers, names, and crew member source).
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Daniel Lewin |
Lewin was a cofounder and chief technology officer of Akamai Technologies, which develops systems for handling the load generated by high demand web sites.