It's been 20 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States, but the pain it has caused has never dissipated. For 20 years, there have been many opinions about 9/11, but few people know that four planes were hijacked by terrorists that year, and one of them failed to achieve the goal of terrorist attack with the joint efforts of passengers.
Let's watch the movie Flight 93.
What happened on this plane? The hijacked aircraft, numbered American Airlines 93, was scheduled to fly from Newark Airport to San Francisco on Sept. 11.
On the same day, due to the armed exercises conducted by the US military, part of the airspace was controlled. Although American Airlines 93 accepted passengers as planned, it failed to take off on time.
The cabin crew and passengers were laid back. No one noticed that the four passengers in the cabin looked a little nervous. One of the four passengers wore a beige jacket and the other wore black-rimmed glasses.
One wore a white jacket and the other wore a blue polo shirt. At present, in order to solve the problem of flight delays as soon as possible, the Boston Air Traffic Center is busy, and air traffic controllers are methodically guiding and diverting routes for each flight.
At this time, an air traffic controller suddenly heard a voice shouting on American Airlines Channel 11 to take over the cabin. Did someone hijack the plane? The air traffic controller immediately reported the situation to the supervisor. In the United States, hijackings have not occurred for more than 20 years, and regulators believe that hijackings cannot be judged solely by words in communication channels.
Following the disposal procedure, the supervisor reported the suspicious situation and instructed air traffic controllers to keep a close eye on American Airlines Flight 11. Air traffic controllers kept calling For Air 11, but Air America 11 never answered. Is there really a problem?
At this time, the airline received news that they received a call for help from an aircrew, saying that American Airlines Flight 11 had been hijacked and that several passengers on board had been stabbed.
The Boston Center finally realized that things were not good. When deciphering the recording of American 11, they reported the situation to the U.S. Army's Northeast Air Defense Department. The Northeast Air Defense Department reacted quickly and began tracking American Airlines 11 in real time. Sure enough, the flight path of each 11 flight changed.
Planes originally scheduled for Los Angeles suddenly changed to New York, and the Boston Center speculated that every 11 flights would most likely land at an airport in New York. They immediately contacted the New York Center to request that the planes near American Airlines Flight 11 be emptied.
At this time, American Airlines Flight 93, which had been delayed for more than half an hour, was finally unloaded on the channel and ready to take off, and the plane taxied and grounded before leaving Newark Airport.
As the plane climbed, the four special passengers in the cabin gradually became nervous. On the ground, in the center of Boston. The Northeast Air Defense Department immediately issued an order for the fighters in the base to take off urgently and carry out emergency air defense operations. However, it was too late.
It was at this time that smoke billowed from the World Trade Center in Manhattan. According to CNN, a plane crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
Is that the lost American Airlines 11? The Boston Center had been looking for signals from U.S. 11, but to no avail. At this point, something worse happened. The American Airlines 175 also lost its response, and the plane descended rapidly, turning to keep up with New York.
American Airlines 175 was also hijacked. American Airlines 175 is taking 2 meters per minute
The speed dropped, and the Boston Center monitor quickly lost signal.
Meanwhile, Inspectors of the New York Center saw with their own eyes that The American Airlines 175 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center at breakneck speed and was hit twice in a row. The north tower of the north tower is slightly shaken and is in danger of capsizing at any time. While watching CNN's live broadcast, the air traffic controller was stunned and speechless.
Why is that? The ground was thrilling, American Airlines 93 was sailing in mid-air, the flight attendants distributing meals, providing services, I had no idea. Everything seemed to be as usual. The only discordant thing was that the four strange men kept breathing deeply in their seats, as if preparing something.
The main flight control center on the ground finally regained its senses. It was a series of planned and premeditated hijacking attacks. They gave instructions in New York and Washington. Boston has banned flights in three places, and the information of the aircraft that has taken off has been comprehensively sorted out.
During the grooming process, they found that just 25 minutes ago, American Airlines Flight 77 had also disappeared after taking off and left the designated channel, while American Airlines Flight 11, which had previously disappeared, reappeared on the monitor and was now flying to Washington.
The Northeast Air Defense Department immediately ordered fighter jets to fly to Washington to intercept American Airlines 11. The in-flight American Airlines Line 93 quickly received information from the ground.
The Boston Center warned that two planes were hijacked and crashed into the World Trade Center, and it was necessary to prevent others from entering the cockpit. American Airlines 93 signed, but the captain didn't take it seriously. No one noticed that the man in the beige coat in the cabin suddenly got up, picked up a bag, went to the bathroom, closed the bathroom door, and opened the bag.
At his meeting, the other three men sat in their seats, talking in their mouths as if they were praying. Beige parts were assembled quickly. This is dynamite.
He tied the bomb tightly to his body and left the bathroom. Then he looked at his three companions and returned safely to his seat.
At this time, the man in white suddenly stood up and rushed to a flight attendant with a knife. The man in the beige coat then attacked and stood up, stabbing a passenger in front of him with a dagger.
At the same time, he opened his coat, revealing the explosives strapped to his body. All the passengers in the cabin were shocked. The pale-faced man ran to the back of the carriage in panic, abducted the flight attendant to the cockpit, and asked her to open the cockpit door.
The black box man immediately stood up and threatened. In the confusion, the cockpit door was opened and the black-framed man quickly entered the cockpit and took control of the hijacked plane. The Boston Center on the ground heard the voice of American Airlines 93 and realized that something was wrong, so they contacted American Airlines 93 through a walkie-talkie.
Sure enough, American Airlines 93 did not reply and changed the direction of flight on its own.
The cabin of American Airlines 93 was in disarray, with injured passengers lying on the ground groaning and flight attendants calling for consoles. Three men threatened to take complete control of the plane with knives.
Faced with a desperate situation, the passengers comforted each other. The hijackers just want a ransom and they should be released soon. But soon, the news of the flight attendants shattered their illusions, and both the captain and the co-pilot were killed.
When the passengers of American Airlines Flight 93 were shocked, a new situation emerged on the ground. The U.S. military failed to intercept the hijacked American Airlines 11 plane, which crashed into the Pentagon.
Seeing that the situation was out of control, air traffic control urgently ordered a ban on all U.S. airspace. Flights that have already flown out must also choose the nearest airport to land.
At the moment, passengers on American Airlines Flight 93 got the latest news through secret conversations with relatives and friends.
Two planes crashed into the World Trade Center and one plane hit the Pentagon. When the hijackers killed the captain, the passengers were completely panicked. The hijackers on this plane are not for money, but they also want to fly the plane to carry out similar terrorist attacks?
At this moment, the American Airlines 93 was rapidly descending, and the hijacker's motivation was over. They are likely to commit suicide.
Realizing that they could not wait to die, some passengers followed the flight attendants to the cabin, carrying forks, knives, hot water, fire extinguishers and other available items as weapons. Other passengers called their families, leaving a final commission.
They knew that the hijacking really had the potential to survive. The cabin was filled with cries. Everyone took the phone and repeatedly told relatives and friends I love you. No one knows. Does the phrase "I love you" mean goodbye?
The plane was getting closer to the ground, and time was running out. With a single command, several male passengers rushed out of their seats and attacked the beige man bound by explosives.
Under siege by the passengers, the explosives were successfully taken away, and they soon discovered them. The passengers were elated and ready to rush to the cockpit to retrieve the plane.
The man with the black-rimmed glasses saw that the situation was not good and drove the plane to the ground. The plane jolted violently, and the passengers fell to the ground one by one.
Two other gangsters took advantage of the chaos to try to attack the passengers, but the passengers returned fire with fire extinguishers. They were controlled by several passengers and their knives were taken away.
After subduing the three gangsters, the passengers pushed the dining car into the cockpit door. They must regain control of the plane as soon as possible. After successfully rushing into the cockpit, several passengers rushed forward to pull the man with black-rimmed glasses into the driver's seat, but at this moment, the plane was close to the ground.
On Sept. 11, of the four hijacked planes, only 93 of American Airlines failed to hit their final targets, crashing near Pennsylvania, killing all of its crew.
The movie is over. Although the passengers on American Airlines Flight 93 failed to save themselves, they used their own efforts to avoid an even greater catastrophe.
From this point of view, their rebellion is significant. While the damage caused by 9/11 is irreversible, the confrontation with terrorism has been solidified through film throughout its long history.