"He was defeated by the alerted, unarmed passengers of United 93," the report says. The report says Jarrah intended to fly the plane into the White House or the U.S. "With the sounds of the passenger counter-attack continuing, the aircraft plowed into an empty field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, at 580 miles per hour, about 20 minutes' flying time from Washington, D.C." Struggle in the cockpit The airplane rolled onto its back, and one of the hijackers began shouting, 'Allah is the greatest. "The airplane headed down the control wheel was turned hard to the right. "The hijackers remained at the controls but must have judged that the passengers were only seconds from overcoming them," the report concludes. and 23 seconds, a hijacker said, "Pull it down! Pull it down!" The passengers continued with their assault, trying to break through the cockpit door. "Yes, put it in it, and pull it down," the other responded. "Sixteen seconds later, a passenger yelled, 'Roll it!' " the report says.īy 10:01 a.m., Jarrah stopped his violent maneuvers and said, "Allah is the greatest! Allah is the greatest!"Īccording to the report, he then asked another hijacker in the cockpit, "Is that it? I mean, shall we put it down?" If we don't, we'll die," a passenger is heard saying. Jarrah resumed pitching the plane up and down. "Five seconds later, Jarrah asked, 'Is that it? Shall we finish it off?' A hijacker responded, 'No. At 10:00:03 a.m., Jarrah stabilized the airplane," the report says.
"The recorder captured the sounds of loud thumps, crashes, shouts and breaking glass and plates. Jarrah told another hijacker in the cockpit to block the door.īy 9:59 a.m., Jarrah changed tactics and "pitched the nose of the airplane up and down to disrupt the assault." The passenger revolt began at 9:57 a.m., nearly 30 minutes after the four terrorists aboard launched their takeover of the Boeing 757 loaded with more than 11,000 gallons of jet fuel.Īs passengers charged the cockpit door, terrorist hijacker Ziad Jarrah began rolling the plane to the left and right, "attempting to knock the passengers off balance," the 9/11 commission report said. (CNN) - Who actually put United Flight 93 into a death dive, causing it to slam into the Pennsylvania countryside on September 11, 2001, is revealed in the 9/11 commission report released Thursday.
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