Reply #56: Thanks a lot for your detailed questions!

[John Doe II]

First of all I find it hard to understand that UA could hope to escape possible lawsuits if it doesn't confirm that UA 175 hit the WTC. If literally billion eyes saw it I think it's rather hard for UA to cover it up.
And as it is about billions of dollars certainly AA would have been cautious to confirm anyting as well, especially as for AA 11 it would have been much easier as it wasn't live on TV.
But what stresses the point that UA simply didn't know is not only the fact till they waited till basically all airplanes had landed before confirming the crash of UA 175 (but not giving any location)but also that UA lost contact to it's plane at 8:50 (see post 46). (The airline is in contact with the airplane normally. That's why btw Delta 1989 was asked to land at Cleveland).
Why there is a confusion between 77 and 175 I really don't know. It's simply strange strange. But see also my post that the manager of AA though 77 hit the WTC? So, what's goind on there?


Why did ABC not know about the details of the already long confirmed Flight 77?


I don't know. I chose ABC because they were slow. But NBC as shown only got it right just before 12:00.


American know Flight 77 hit the Pentagon? (/i]
As shown, no for some time they didn't know that. And don't forget all contact was lost to AA 77 at 8:56.

Was that information not part of the confirmation? Or did they just announce that it crashed, but not say where? Did they keep it a secret from ABC?

I didn't look specifically for AA confirmation because after the mix up between 77 and 175 everything was according to the official explanation but only 175 still an open question that's why I concentrated on this flight. And going through all the available material takes some time ...!





Is there still confusion about what happened to Flight 175?

I take it your questions is simply what I think?!

First of all in order to understand what happened on 911 I'd like to understand this issue as well (and no the 9:20 time given by CR is really really hard to believe especially if UA lost contact to 175). Maybe the unknown reason for all this could also be helpful to explain the absence of air defense.

Before answering I've to do some research myself. Right now I'd like to turn the question back to you if you don't mind:

What concrete proof do we have that UA 175 hit the WTC?

I don't mean circumstantial evidence but really concrete facts.
If UA lost contact then did the FAA really know what plane they were following? (sure, it didn't switch off the transponder but how come then that UA loses contact)

To make it clear I don't know an answer to this but would be happy to discuss it.