AAL FLT77

Transcript of American Airlines Flight 77
Source: The New York Times

Following is a transcript of the radio communications of American Airlines Flight 77 (AAL77), which took off from Dulles International Airport outside Washington on Sept. 11.

The transcripts were obtained by The New York Times.

8:12:29 — AAL77: Good morning ground American seven seven is off of dixie twenty six with information tango.

8:12:36 — Ground Control West: American 77 Dulles taxi to runway three zero.

8:12:39 — AAL77: Taxi three zero American seven seven.

8:16:01 — Local Control West: American 77, Dulles tower. Runway three zero taxi into position and hold you'll be holding for landing traffic one left and for spacing wake turbulence spacing behind the DC 10.

8:16:29 — AAL77: And American ah seven seven is ready.

8:16:32 — Local Control West: American 77, Dulles tower. Runway three zero. Taxi into position and hold you're holding for wake turbulence landing traffic one left and you need to be fifteen in trail of that DC 10.

8:16:41 — AAL77: Position and hold three zero, American seven seven.

8:19:20 — Local Control West: American 77 your departure frequency will be one two five point zero five.

Runway three zero cleared for take off.

8:19:27 — AAL77: One two five oh five. Runway three zero cleared for takeoff, American 77.

8:20:26 — Local Control West: American 77, turn left heading two seven zero contact departure.

8:20:31 — AAL77: Two seventy heading departure, American 77. Good day.

8:20:38 — AAL77: Is with you passing one decimal one for three.

8:20:43 — North Departure: American 77, Dulles departure radar. Contact climb and maintain five thousand.

8:20:47 — AAL77: Five thousand, American 77.

8:22:05 — North Departure: American 77 climb and maintain one one thousand eleven thousand.

8:22:08 — AAL77: up to one one thousand American 77.

8:23:23 — North Departure: American 77 (whistling sound) cleared cleared direct linden
contact Dulles one one eight point six seven.

8:23:28 — AAL77: direct linden eighteen sixty seven American 77 good day

8:23:28 — North Departure Low: O.K. O.K. O.K.

8:23:34 — Radar Control: Got the board there already

8:23:36 — North Departure Low: All right we got normal frequencies all the way around nothing hot at this time.

Ah, traffic where is this where is this go one twenty-eight where the hell is that? O.K., O.K.

8:23:43 — AAL77: American 77 with you passing nine decimal one for eleven one one thousand.

8:23:47 — North Departure: American 77 Dulles approach climb and maintain one seven thousand.

8:23:50 — AAL77: one seven thousand American 77.

8:23:55 — North Departure Low: O.K., alright. Point outs at this time you got seven lima vector direct d c a seven thousand november zero nine romeo is at five thousand
he's already talking to north north sees the traffic, he's going to climb do whatever he has to do. American 77 is direct linden climbing to eleven switched and gone one tango seven is a point out to manassas seven nine xray's been pointed out to west he's at six thousand on going to join victor one sixty eight other than that that's all you have.

8:24:23 — Radar Control: I got it.

8:25:33 — NH: American 77 contact Washington center one two zero point six five good luck.

8:25:37 — AAL77: point six five American 77 thank you ma'am good day.

8:25:49 — AAL77: center American 77 with you passing one three decimal zero for one seven thousand.

8:25:57 — Controller 5: American 77 Washington center roger climb and maintain flight level two seven zero.

8:26:00 — AAL77: two seven zero American 77.

8:30:38 — Controller 5: American 77 contact Washington center one three three point two seven.

8:30:42 — AAL77: ah thirty three twenty seven American 77.

8:31:08 — AAL77: (unintelligible) American 77 passing two five decimal one for two seven oh.

8:31:23 — Controller 3: American 77 ah climb climb and maintain flight level two niner zero sir.

8:31:30 — AAL77: two niner zero American 77.

8:34:16 — Controller 3: American 77 turn twenty degrees right vector for your climb.

8:34:17 — Controller 3: American 77 turn twenty degrees right vector for your climb.

8:34:19 — AAL77: turn twenty right American 77.

8:37:33 — Controller 3: American 77 recleared direct Charleston climb and maintain
cor correction recleared direct Henderson sir climb and maintain flight level three niner zero.

8:37:39 — AAL77: direct Henderson out of two nine for three nine oh requesting
three five zero for a final American 77.

8:37:57 — AAL77: center American 77 you copy request for three five zero as a final.

8:38:03 — AAL77: three five zero for a final American 77 thank you sir.

8:39:30 — Controller 3: American 77 amend your altitude
maintain flight level three three zero for traffic.

8:39:36 — AAL77: American 77 stop at three three zero.

8:39:52 — Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center in Leesburg, Va: so who wants to talk to
American 77 Bobcat or Henderson

8:40:03 — Controller 3: American 77 contact Indy center one two zero point two seven.

8:40:06 — AAL77: twenty five seven American 77 thanks sir good day.

8:40:14 — AAL77: center American 77 with you level three three zero.

8:40:16 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar: American 77 Indy center roger sqauwk three seven four three.

8:40:18 — AAL77: three seven four three American 77.

8:43:52 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar: American 77 climb and maintain flight level three five zero.

8:43:54 — AAL77: thirty three for three five oh American 77.

8:47:20 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar: American 77 turn ten degrees to the right vectors for traffic.

8:47:23 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar: American 77 turn ten degrees to the right vectors for traffic.

8:47:23 — AAL77: ten right American 77.

8:47:33 — AAL77: ten right American 77.

8:50:48 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar: American 77 cleared direct um Falmouth.

8:50:51 — AAL77: uh direct Falmouth American 77 thank you. (last "AAL77" message)

8:56:32 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar: American 77 Indy.

8:56:46 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar: American 77 Indy.

8:56:53 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar: American 77 American Indy radio check how do you read.

8:57:12 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar: American 77 American Indy radio check how do you read.

8:57:28 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar: American alt 77 American radio check how do you read.

8:57:35 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar: override beeping.

8:57:35 — Indianapolis Control, Dacos Radar: this is uh — Indianapolis Control, Dacos.

8:57:38 — Indianapolis Control, Dacos Radar: this is uh — Indianapolis Control, Dacos.

8:57:55 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: override line beeping.

8:57:59 — Controller 3: American 77 roger maintain flight level three five zero show that as your final

8:58:08 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: outside line ringing.

8:58:14 — AAL: American dispatch Jim McDonnell.

8:58:19 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: this is indianapolis center trying to get a hold of American 77.

8:58:23 — AAL: uh Indys hang on one second please.

8:58:25 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: what

8:58:26 — AAL: hang on one second sir.

8:58:28 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: all right

8:58:30 — AAL: who ya trying to get a hold of.

8:58:31 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: American 77.

8:58:32 — AAL: O.K.

8:58:33 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: on frequency one two zero point two seven.

8:58:35 — AAL: one two zero.

8:58:36 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: point two seven we were talking to him and all of a sudden it just uh —

[Just.... "disappeared" is the likely inescapable and fatal conclusion this controller clearly hesitates to speak as he stares helplessly at his radar screen. Previously, American Airlines Flight 77 was cruising along uneventfully at 458 knots and at 35,000 feet above sea level]

8:58:38 — AAL O.K., all right we'll get a hold of him for ya.

8:58:40 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: all right

8:58:41 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar: American ah 77 Indy ah center how do you read.

8:58:51 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar: American 77 Indy radio check how do you read.

9:00:25 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar: American 77 Indy

9:00:29 — AAL2493: center American ah twenty four ninety three.

9:00:31 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar: American twenty four ninety three go ahead.

9:00:33 — AAL2493: yeah we uh sent a message to dispatch to have him come up on twenty twenty seven is that what you want em to do.

9:00:41 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar: yeah we had em on west side of our airspace and they went into coast and ah don't have a track on em and now he's not talking to me so we don't know exactly what happened to him.

we're trying to get a hold of him we also contacted you company so thanks for the help.

9:00:51 — AAL2493: all right.

9:01:50 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: over ride line beeping.

9:02:00 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: outside line ringing

9:02:07 — AAL: American dispatch Jim McDonnel.

9:02:09 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: yeah this is indianapolis center we uh I don't know if I'm talking to the same guy about American 77.

9:02:13 — AAL: yeah I I I cell called him but I did not get a reply back from him.

9:02:17 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: we uh we lost track control of the guy he's in coast track but we haven't we don't where his target is and we can't get a hold of him um you guys tried him and no response.

9:02:26 — AAL: no response (background noise).

9:02:28 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: yeah we have no radar contact and uh no communications with him so if you guys could try again.

9:02:35 — AAL: we're doing it.

9:02:37 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: all right thanks a lot.

9:02:38 — AAL: we're doing it thank you.

9:03:07 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar: American 77 Indy.

9:06:20 — Indianapolis Control: override line beeping.

9:06:21 — Indianapolis Control, Dacos Radar Associate: Falmouth Decos

9:06:22 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: this is henderson American seventy seven do you guys have radar on him is he over falmouth or —

9:06:25 — Indianapolis Control, Dacos Radar Associate: no we just moved the track there we never you know.

9:06:27 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: O.K. all right you just have the track out there.

9:06:29 — Indianapolis Control, Dacos Radar Associate: you guys never been able to raise him at all.

9:06:31 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: no we called company they can't even get a hold of him so there's no no uh no radio communications and no radar.

9:06:36 — Indianapolis Control, Dacos Radar Associate: and his last clearance as far as you know is on course to falmouth and then jay one thirty four right well we're just gonna treat him like non radar and we've already told the next sector they're gonna have to sterilize for him
until we find out.

9:06:49 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: O.K. thanks.

9:06:50 — Indianapolis Control, Dacos Radar Associate: ID.

9:08:43 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: override line beeping.

9:08:54 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: line ringing.

9:09: 27: AAL: and it was a Boston-L.A. flight and 77 is a Dulles-L.A. flight and uh we've had an unconfirmed report a second airplane just flew into the World Trade Center

9:09:00 — AAL: American dispatch Jim McDonnel.

9:09:02 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector radar associate: Indianapolis Center did you get a hold of American 77 by chance?

9:09:05 — AAL: no sir but we have an unconfirmed report the second airplane hit the World Trade Center and exploded.

9:09:10 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: say again

9:09:11 — AAL: you know we lost American eleven to a highjacking American was off . . .
boston to los angeles flight.

9:09:17 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: it was all right i can't really I can't hear what you're saying there you said American eleven.

9:09:23 — AAL: yes we were hijacked.

9:09:25 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: and it —

9:09:27 — AAL: and it was a Boston-L.A. flight and 77 is a Dulles-L.A. flight and uh we've had an unconfirmed report a second airplane just flew into the World Trade Center.

9:09:42 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: thank you very much good bye.

9:10:30 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: calls Indianapolis Control, Dacos Radar Associate line beeps.

9:10:32 — Indianapolis Control, Dacos Radar Associate: Indianapolis Control, Dacos.

9:10:34 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: all right this is Henderson there was an American eleven departed off of uh New York going to L.A.
got hijacked American 77 departed off of Dulles is going to L.A. dispatch doesn't know where he's at and confirmed that two airplanes have been uh they crashed into uh the world trade center in New York so as far as American 77 we don't know where he is
but they say uh American eleven was hijacked off of a new york airport going to lax and uh

9:11:07 — Indianapolis Control, Dacos PA: but we don't have a track on him.

9:11:07 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: affirmative.

9:11:10 — Indianapolis Control, Dacos Radar Associate: you mean like they just took off without a clearance.

9:11:13 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: no you mean American eleven.

9:11:14 — Indianapolis Control, Dacos Radar Associate: yep.

9:11:15 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: he he's depart well I guess he did because he was goin to L.A.

9:11:17 — Indianapolis Control, Dacos Radar Associate: but nobody ever tracked American eleven is what i'm asking.

9:11:20 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: don't know that I don't.

9:11:22 — Indianapolis Control, Dacos Radar Associate: oh O.K.

9:11:23 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: know just where he lefi from or uh.

9:11:25 — Indianapolis Control, Dacos Radar Associate: there's no flight plan in the machine right now and —

9:11:28 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: yeah I just looked at that, too.

9:11:29 — Indianapolis Control, Dacos Radar Associate: I'm

9:11:30 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: as far as what we know that's that's all we know I talked to dispatch and that's what they relayed and they confirmed it here that I guess two airplanes about crashed into the the trade center.

9:11:37 — Indianapolis Control, Dacos Radar Associate: huh?

9:11:39 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: all right.

9:11:40 — Indianapolis Control, Dacos Radar Associate: oh

9:11:40 — Indianapolis Control, Dacos Radar Associate: oh

9:13:54 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: override line beeping.

9:14:04 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: line ringing.

9:14:37 — AAL: American dispatch Jim McDonnel.

9:14:39 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: Indy center here.

9:14:40 — AAL: yes sir.

9:14:42 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: American eleven you guys said he departed off of uh New York.

9:14:45 — AAL: Boston.

9:14:46 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: Boston he was going to L.A. and it was a hijacked airplane.

9:14:49 — AAL: yes.

9:14:50 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate:
and you have you heard anything from American 77.

9:14:52 — AAL: no.

9:14:52 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: O.K. and if.

9:14:53 — AAL: I talked to a winder in the center up there and I gave em them the information I got.

9:14:55 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: O.K. thanks a lot.

9:14:56 — AAL: O.K.

9:14:57 — Indianapolis Control, Henderson Sector Radar Associate: all right.

American Airlines Flight 77 vanishes suddenly, and without any indications of ANY trouble prior to its sudden disappearance.

At the inserted map at left shows, the craft was hundreds of miles from the Pentagon [at 35,000 feet] when it completely disappeared.

See this link for more into on radar track, and how flights cunningly exploited vulnerabilities in the radar that only the US Military and the FAA should have been aware of.
Who were the people on American Airlines Flight 77? Were there any terrorists listed on the passenger list? Click this link for FOI Documents..

Autopsy: No Arabs on Flight 77
By Thomas R. Olmsted, M.D http://www.sierratimes.com/03/07/02/article_tro.htm

Now Updated: No Arabs on Flight 77: Part II -The Passengers

I am an ex Naval line officer and a psychiatrist in private practice in New Orleans, a Christian and homeschool dad. It troubled me a great deal that we rushed off to war on the flimsiest of evidence. I considered various ways to provide a smoking gun of who and why Sept 11th happened. Astute observers noticed right away that there were no Arabic sounding names on any of the flight manifests of the planes that “crashed” on that day. FOIA Cover Page

A list of names on a piece of paper is not evidence, but an autopsy by a pathologist, is. I undertook by FOIA request, to obtain that autopsy list and you are invited to view it below. Guess what? Still no Arabs on the list. It is my opinion that the monsters who planned this crime made a mistake by not including Arabic names on the original list to make the ruse seem more believable.

When airline disasters occur, airlines will routinely provide a manifest list for anxious families. You may have noticed that even before Sep 11th, that airlines are pretty meticulous about getting an accurate headcount before takeoff. It seems very unlikely to me, that five Arabs sneaked onto a flight with weapons.

Below is the list provided by American of the 56 passengers:

On September 27th, the FBI published photos of the “hijackers” of Flight 77: photos of the “hijackers” of Flight 77

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), does a miraculous job and identified nearly all the bodies on November 16th 2001. Link of autopsy list.

The AFIP suggest these numbers; 189 killed, 125 worked at the Pentagon and 64 were “passengers” on the plane. The AA list only had 56 and the list just obtained has 58. They did not explain how they were able to tell “victims” bodies from “hijacker” bodies. In fact, from the beginning NO explanation has been given for the extra five suggested in news reports except that the FBI showed us the pictures to make up the difference, and that makes it so.

Now, being the trusting sort, I figured that the government would want to quickly dispel any rumors so we could get on with the chore of kicking Osama/Sadaam’s butt (weren’t these originally two different people?). It seemed simple to me. . .produce the names of all the bodies identified by the AFIP and compare it with the publicized list of passengers. So, I sent a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the AFIP and asked for an expedited response, because we were getting ready to send our boys to war on the pretext that Osama/Sadaam had done the deed. Fourteen months later, a few US soldiers dead, many Iraqi civilians pushing up daisies, and I finally get the list. Believe me that they weren’t a bit happy to give it up, and I really have no idea why they choose now to release it.

No Arabs wound up on the morgue slab; however, three ADDITIONAL people not listed by American Airline sneaked in. I have seen no explanation for these extras. I did give American the opportunity to “revise” their original list, but they have not responded. The new names are: Robert Ploger, Zandra Ploger, and Sandra Teague. The AFIP claims that the only “passenger” body that they were not able to identify is the toddler, Dana Falkenberg, whose parents and young sister are on the list of those identified. The satanic masterminds behind this caper may be feeling pretty smug about the perfect crime, but they have left a raft of clues tying these unfortunates together. Stay tuned for part two to take a much closer look of the cast of characters on this ill-fated flight.

AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 77
American Airlines Flight 77, from Washington to Los Angeles, crashed with 64 people aboard.

CREW

Charles Burlingame of Herndon, Virginia, was the plane's captain. He is survived by a wife, a daughter and a grandson. He had more than 20 years of experience flying with American Airlines and was a former U.S. Navy pilot.

David Charlebois, who lived in Washington's Dupont Circle neighborhood, was the first officer on the flight. "He was handsome and happy and very centered," his neighbor Travis White, told The Washington Post. "His life was the kind of life I wanted to have some day."

Michele Heidenberger of Chevy Chase, Maryland, was a flight attendant for 30 years. She left behind a husband, a pilot, and a daughter and son.

Flight attendant Jennifer Lewis, 38, of Culpeper, Virginia, was the wife of flight attendant Kenneth Lewis.

Flight attendant Kenneth Lewis, 49, of Culpeper, Virginia, was the husband of flight attendant Jennifer Lewis.

Renee May, 39, of Baltimore, Maryland, was a flight attendant.

PASSENGERS http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/trade.center/victims/AA77.victims.html

Paul Ambrose, 32, of Washington, was a physician who worked with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the surgeon general to address racial and ethnic disparities in health. A 1995 graduate of Marshall University School of Medicine, Ambrose last year was named the Luther Terry Fellow of the Association of Teachers of Preventative Medicine.

Yeneneh Betru, 35, was from Burbank, California.

M.J. Booth

Bernard Brown, 11, was a student at Leckie Elementary School in Washington. He was embarking on an educational trip to the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary near Santa Barbara, California, as part of a program funded by the National Geographic Society.

Suzanne Calley, 42, of San Martin, California, was an employee of Cisco Systems Inc.

William Caswell

Sarah Clark, 65, of Columbia, Maryland, was a sixth-grade teacher at Backus Middle School in Washington. She was accompanying a student on an educational trip to the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary near Santa Barbara, California, as part of a program funded by the National Geographic Society.

Asia Cottom, 11, was a student at Backus Middle School in Washington. Asia was embarking on an educational trip to the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary near Santa Barbara, California, as part of a program funded by the National Geographic Society.

James Debeuneure, 58, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was a fifth-grade teacher at Ketcham Elementary School in Washington. He was accompanying a student on an educational trip to the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary near Santa Barbara, California, as part of a program funded by the National Geographic Society.

Rodney Dickens, 11, was a student at Leckie Elementary School in Washington. He was embarking on an educational trip to the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary near Santa Barbara, California, as part of a program funded by the National Geographic Society.

Eddie Dillard

Charles Droz

Barbara Edwards, 58, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was a teacher at Palo Verde High School in Las Vegas.

Charles S. Falkenberg, 45, of University Park, Maryland, was the director of research at ECOlogic Corp., a software engineering firm. He worked on data systems for NASA and also developed data systems for the study of global and regional environmental issues. Falkenburg was traveling with his wife, Leslie Whittingham, and their two daughters, Zoe, 8, and Dana, 3.

Zoe Falkenberg, 8, of University Park, Maryland, was the daughter of Charles Falkenberg and Leslie Whittingham.

Dana Falkenberg, 3, of University Park, Maryland, was the daughter of Charles Falkenberg and Leslie Whittingham.

Joe Ferguson was the director of the National Geographic Society's geography education outreach program in Washington. He was accompanying a group of students and teachers on an educational trip to the Channel Islands in California. A Mississippi native, he joined the society in 1987. "Joe Feguson's final hours at the Geographic reveal the depth of his commitment to one of the things he really loved," said John Fahey Jr., the society's president. "Joe was here at the office until late Monday evening preparing for this trip. It was his goal to make this trip perfect in every way."

Wilson "Bud" Flagg of Millwood, Virginia, was a retired Navy admiral and retired American Airlines pilot.

Dee Flagg

Richard Gabriel

Ian Gray, 55, of Washington was the president of a health-care consulting firm.

Stanley Hall, 68, was from Rancho Palos Verdes, California. [Raytheon executive - see below for more.]

Bryan Jack, 48, of Alexandria, Virginia, was a senior executive at the Defense Department.

Steven D. "Jake" Jacoby, 43, of Alexandria, Virginia, was the chief operating officer of Metrocall Inc., a wireless data and messaging company.

Ann Judge, 49, of Virginia was the travel office manager for the National Geographic Society. She was accompanying a group of students and teachers on an educational trip to the Channel Islands in California. Society President John Fahey Jr. said one of his fondest memories of Judge is a voice mail she and a colleague once left him while they were rafting the Monkey River in Belize. "This was quintessential Ann -- living life to the fullest and wanting to share it with others," he said.

Chandler Keller, 29, was a Boeing propulsion engineer from El Segundo, California.

Yvonne Kennedy

Norma Khan, 45, from Reston, Virginia was a nonprofit organization manager.

Karen A. Kincaid, 40, was a lawyer with the Washington firm of Wiley Rein & Fielding. She joined the firm in 1993 and was part of the its telecommunications practice. She was married to Peter Batacan.

Norma Langsteuerle

Dong Lee

Dora Menchaca, 45, of Santa Monica, California, was the associate director of clinical research for a biotech firm.

Christopher Newton, 38, of Anaheim, California, was president and chief executive officer of Work-Life Benefits, a consultation and referral service. He was married and had two children. Newton was on his way back to Orange County to retrieve his family's yellow Labrador, who had been left behind until they could settle into their new home in Arlington, Virginia.

Barbara Olson, 45, was a conservative commentator who often appeared on CNN and was married to U.S. Solicitor General Theodore Olson. She twice called her husband as the plane was being hijacked and described some details, including that the attackers were armed with knives. She had planned to take a different flight, but she changed it at the last minute so that she could be with her husband on his birthday. She worked as an investigator for the House Government Reform Committee in the mid-1990s and later worked on the staff of Senate Minority Whip Don Nickles.

Ruben Ornedo, 39, of Los Angeles, California, was a Boeing propulsion engineer.

Robert Penniger, 63, of Poway, California, was an electrical engineer with BAE Systems. [Click for Canadian connection to Prime Minister Paul Martin]

Lisa Raines, 42, was senior vice president for government relations at the Washington office of Genzyme, a biotechnology firm. She was from Great Falls, Virginia, and was married to Stephen Push. She worked with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on developing a new policy governing cellular therapies, announced in 1997. She also worked on other major health-care legislation.

Todd Reuben, 40, of Potomac, Maryland, was a tax and business lawyer.

John Sammartino

Diane Simmons

George Simmons

Mari-Rae Sopper of Santa Barbara, California, was a women's gymnastics coach at the University of California at Santa Barbara. She had just gotten the post August 31 and was making the trip to California to start work.

Bob Speisman, 47, was from Irvington, New York.

Hilda Taylor was a sixth-grade teacher at Leckie Elementary School in Washington. She was accompanying a student on an educational trip to the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary near Santa Barbara, California, as part of a program funded by the National Geographic Society.

Leonard Taylor was from Reston, Virginia.

Leslie A. Whittington, 45, was from University Park, Maryland. The professor of public policy at Georgetown University in Washington was traveling with her husband, Charles Falkenberg, 45, and their two daughters, Zoe, 8, and Dana, 3. They were traveling to Los Angeles to catch a connection to Australia. Whittington had been named a visiting fellow at Australian National University in Canberra.

John Yamnicky, 71, was from Waldorf, Maryland.

Vicki Yancey

Shuyin Yang

Yuguag Zheng

"Coincidentally, five key Raytheon executives died on 9-11: Stanley
Hall--Director of Electronic warfare program management (American 77),
Peter Gay--VP of Electronic Systems on special assignment at the El
Segundo, CA division office where the Global Hawk UAV remote control
system is made (American 11), Kenneth Waldie--Senior Quality Control
Engineer for Electronic Systems (American 11), David Kovalcin--Senior
Mechanical Engineer for Electronic Systems (American 11), and Herbert
Homer--Corporate Executive working with the Department of Defense
(United 175)."

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