UA 93
11 Sep 2001 · Hijacking, Sabotage & Deliberate ActsUNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 93 (9/11)
Boeing 757-200 · United Airlines · Image: Wikimedia Commons
Why it happened
Passengers fought back against hijackers
Cockpit intrusion
Passenger revolt
Hijack protocol
Aircraft
Boeing 757-200
United Airlines
Route
Newark (EWR), USA
→ San Francisco (SFO), USA
People
44 on board
44 fatalities
Date
11 Sep 2001
Flight crew
Captain: Jason Dahl
Category
Hijacking, Sabotage & Deliberate Acts
Bombs, hijackers, shootdowns, murder in the cockpit.
THE STORY
Passengers learned of the other attacks by phone and stormed the cockpit. The 757 crashed into a Pennsylvania field, short of its target in Washington.