- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | September 11, 2001 |
Time: | 1003 |
Location: | Shanksville, Pennsylvania |
Operator: | United Air Lines |
Flight #: | 93 |
Route: | Newark - San Francisco |
AC Type: | Boeing B-757-222 |
Registration: | N591UA |
cn / ln: | 28142/718 |
Aboard: | 44 (passengers:37 crew:7) |
Fatalities: | 44 (passengers:37 crew:7) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The aircraft was hijacked after taking off from Newark International Airport. The hijackers took control of the aircraft and turned the plane towards Washington D.C. A struggle ensued between the passengers and hijackers after which the plane crashed at a high rate of speed into a field in the Pennsylvania countryside. It was one of four planes that were hijacked the same day. |
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