Thumbser, go ahead.
The American
was over Manhattan
A small plane?
Is that confirmed?
when I lost any sign of...
Ben, I just got...
New York called.
Yeah?
They got smoke
out of the
World Trade Center.
Smoke?
They think
a small plane
A small plane?
has crashed into it.
Small plane.
I don't know.
That's what
they're telling me.
A small plane
went into the
World Trade Center.
You might want to
have a look.
Okay.
Sir.
Sir.
CNN's reporting a light
civil aircraft has just hit
the World Trade Center.
MCC?
MCC, CNN has just reported
a light aircraft has hit
the World Trade Center.
Bill, get me CNN
up on screen three, will you?
Ben?
Yeah.
New York Center called.
They were tracking
the primary target,
they've lost it.
They said they'd
lost American 11.
Where did they lose it at?
Somewhere over the city.
Over the city?
Yeah.
He's down over the city?
They don't know
if he's under the radar
coverage out there or not.
All right. Get in touch with
the metro towers,
see if they got a visual.
Hey, it's
coming up now.
I'll call TRACON, see if...
Jesus.
Oh, my...
WOMAN ON T. V: ... we're
getting reports this morning,
that a plane
has crashed into one
of the towers of
the World Trade Center.
CNN Center right now
is just beginning
to work on this story.
Obviously calling our sources
and trying to figure out
exactly what happened.
But clearly something
relatively devastating
happening this morning there
in the south end
of the island...
I don't know.
I'll tell you what,
that is not a small plane.
No way.
It's huge.
A Cessna would have
bounced off that. Look at
the size of that hole!
Look at all them
people sitting...
I got a bad feeling
about this. I'll tell you
right now.
Is that American 11?
Is that who they
were tracking?
Nobody's
telling us anything.
No info. I have no info.
Well, which way are we
looking here?
If we're looking...
It looks like the sun's
on that side of the building,
so we're looking north.
He came from our left.
He had to come from the west.
That aircraft came
in from the west
into that building.
Who could it be?
Now where's American 11?
You know what I want
you to do? Get in touch
with the NYPD.
See if they have
any information on what caused
that in the Trade Center.
Look at the size
of that explosion.
MAN: ... Sean, you're
on the air right now.
What can you tell us about...
And, folks, Captain Dahl.
We've reached our
cruising altitude
of 35,000 feet
and I'm going ahead and turn
the "Fasten Seat Belts"
sign off.
That is your signal
you are safe
to move about the cabin.
We got
the seatbelt sign off.
DAHL: However, when you
are in your seats
I'll ask you to keep
your seatbelts
loosely fastened,
as you never know
when we'll get some bumps
we're not expecting.
Our flying time today again
is 5 hours and 25 minutes,
and in spite of that
short delay back there
in Newark
I'm still projecting
an on-time arrival
in San Francisco.
I'll update you on the weather
as we get a little closer.
In the interim now,
I'll ask you to sit back
and enjoy
the outstanding service
of our fine flight attendants.
If there's anything we
in the cockpit can do to
make your ride more enjoyable,
please don't hesitate to ask.
Thank you.
Hey, can I get
a copy of the manifest?
Oh, sure.
Thanks.
Here you go.
I appreciate it.
Yeah, no problem.
Looks pretty good, huh?
I love these light loads.
I do, too.
I knew you were
gonna say that,
so I've planned.
We've got...
We have reservations there.
And there.
Fedex 7852, we heard