Following is a transcript of the radio communications between the New

York Air Route Traffic Control Center [R42 in Ronkonkoma! N"Y"! and
#nited Airlines Flight $%& '#A($%&)! which took off from (ogan
*nternational Airport in +oston on ,ept" $$ and then was crashed into the
-orld Trade Center" *t includes e.changes with other aircraft in the area at
the time" The transcripts were obtained b/ The New York Times "
012&12& R421 That3s perfect /est go ahead"
012&1&4 #nknown1 Control for climb AA562"
012&1&& R421 Yea AA562 is /our control if /ou want to climb F78 if /ou
want to turn him too that3s fine"
0125126 #,A&021 Center #,A&02 with /ou at le9el 2&4 '2&!444 feet)"
01251&4 R421 *3m sorr/ who was that:
012%144 #,A&021 #,A&02 checking in at F(2&4"
012%144 R421 #,A&02 Roger"
0126124 #nknown1 42;26 see the 022 F(2&4 reference that gu/ on left"
0126124 R421 * ga9e the F78 turns do what /ou want reference the F78"
0126144 R261 2$4"
012614& R421 F78225 contact New York Center on $22"4%! good da/"
012614% F7822251 22"4 F782225 hea9/"
01261&4 #A(4&%1 New York #A( 4&%"
01441$$ #nknown call1 ,ector $4 point out west of (R< %$2 at F(4$4"
01441$0 R421 <oint out appro9ed"
0144122 #A($%&1 #A($%& at F(2$4"
014412% R421 #A( $%& New York center! roger"
014414% #,A&021 New York do a fa9or were /ou asked to look for an
aircraft! an American flight about about 0 or 6 o3clock $4 miles south
bound last altitude 264 = no one is sure where he is"
014$14% #,A&021 Yea we talked about him on the last fre>uenc/ we spotted
him when he was at our 2 o3clock position" ?e did appear to us to be at
26!444 feet" -e3re not picking him up on TCA," *3ll look again and see if we
can spot him at 24"
0144124 R421 No! it looks like the/ shut off their transponder that3s wh/ the
>uestion about it"
014$120 #A($%&1 New York #A($%& hea9/"
014$14% R421 #A( $%& go ahead"
014$122 #A($%&1 -e figured we3d wait to go to /our center" -e heard a
suspicious transmission on our departure from +@, sounds like someone
ke/ed the mike and said e9er/one sta/ in /our seats"
014$1&$ R421 @"A" *3ll pass that along"
014$1&5 #A($%&1 *t cut out"
0142144 R421 *BN 62 line"
014214$ *BN1 Bo ahead"
0142142 R421 #A( $%& Cust came on m/ fre>uenc/ and he said he heard a
suspicious transmission when the/ were lea9ing +@, e9er/bod/ sta/ in
/our seats that3s what he heard as the suspicious transmission Cust to let
/ou know"
01421&4 #,A&021 Center where do /ou place him in relation to &02 now:
01421&& R421 ?e3s off about 6 o3clock and about 24 miles looks like he3s
heading southbound but there3s no transponder no nothing and no one3s
talking to him"
0142124 7A(22$&1 ?ello New York good morning 7A(22$& passing 226 for
204"
0142120 R421 7A(22$& New York Center! roger"
0142122 7A(24221 New York center 7A(2422 2$4"
0142126 R421 7A(2422 New York Center! roger"
01421&% #,A&021 center #,A&02"
0144144 R421 #,A&02 go ahead"
014414& #,A&021 * Cust picked up an D(T 'emergenc/ locator
transmitter)on $2$"& it was brief but it went off"
0144146 R421 @"A" the/ said it3s confirmed belie9e it or not as a thing were
not sure /et so we3re still tr/ing going on another aircraft right now and
there tr/ing to see what altitude he3s at =
014412$ R421 *BN 62 line Dast Te.as"
0144125 *BN1 go ahead
0144120 R421 can /ou turn that 7A(2422 a little bit to the right the/ got
that Dagle flight in there and the gu/ at 2$4 that the/ wanted to look at this
American to see what altitude he is at can /ou put him on a 264 heading
and stop the 7A($406 beneath him"
01441&$ E+- *BN1 we Cust put 7A(2422 on /ou we will call him again if we
ha9e him we will put him on a 264"
01441&5 R421 *3m not talking to the 7elta"
01441&0 E+- *BN1 @"A"
014&144 R421 7A(2422 New York
014&142 7A(24221 go ahead"
014&14& R421 turn right heading of 264 9ectors for traffic"
014&140 7A(24221 7A(2422 at 264 we picked up that D(T! too! but its
9er/ faint"
014&1$4 R421 @"A" make it a nice tight turn would help traffic $$ o3clock $4
miles northbound turning east;bound at 2$4"
014&12$ 7A(24221 @"A" we3ll make it tight
014&1&$ R421 7A(2422 thank /ou for the turn cleared direct ,+F"
014&1&% 7A(24221 direct ,+F 7A(2422"
014&1&6 R421 roger"
01451$4 7A($4061 New York Center 7A($406 hea9/ out of 264 for 264"
01451$0 R421 7A(502 contact New York Center on $24"22"
0145125 7A(5021 $24"22 thank /ou"
0145120 R421 #A(45% contact New York Center on $22"4%"
014512$ #A(45%1 $22"4% #A(45%"
014512% 7A($4421 good morning New York 7A($442 checking in at
F(264"
0145120 R421 7A($442 New York Center roger"
014%1$5 R421 7A(2&$ contact New York Center on $24"22"
014%12$ 7A(2&$1 $24"22 7A(2&$"
014%125 R421 7A($406 are /ou on the fre>uenc/:
014%124 7A($4061 7A($406 out of 2$4 for 264"
014%122 R421 7A($406 New York Center roger cleared direct <T-"
014%14% 7A($4061 direct <T- 7A( $406 hea9/"
014%144 R421 roger"
01401&4 R421 7A(22$& contact the New York Centerr on $24"5! ha9e a nice
da/"
01401&6 7A(22$&1 $24"5 7A(22$&"
0146142 R421 24"5 2;4;point 5"
0146120 #,A4261 #,A426 le9eling off at 2&4"
0146140 R421 *3m sorr/! who was that:
01461&4 #,A4261 #,A426 le9eling at 2&4"
01461&$ R421 #,A426 New York Center roger"
01&41$4 #nknown1 an/bod/ know what that smoke is in lower Ganhattan:
01&41$% R421 *3m sorr/ sa/ again"
01&41$6 #nknown1 a lot of smoke in lower manhattan"
01&4122 R421 a lot of smoke in lower Ganhattan"
01&4124 #nknown1 coming out of the top of the -orld Trade Center
building! a maCor fire"
01&414% R421 and which was the one that Cust saw the maCor fire"
01&41&2 7A($4061 this is 7A($406 we see lower Ganhattan looks like the
-orld Trade Center on fire but its hard to tell from here"
01&$142 R421 7A($406 roger"
01&$1$$ 7A($4061 let us know if /ou hear an/ news down there
01&$1$& R421 roger"
01&$122 R421 7A( $442 cleared direct <T-"
01&$12& 7A($4421 direct <T- 7A( $442"
01&$142 R421 #A($%& rec/cle transponder s>uawk code $4%4"
01&$1&2 R421 #A($%& New York"
01&2146 R421 #A($%& do /ou read New York"
01&21$4 R421 7A($406 do /ou read New York"
01&21$5 7A($4061 7A($406 go ahead"
01&2124 R421 @"A" Cust wanted to make sure /ou were reading New York =
#nited! #nited $%& = do /ou read New York:
01&2124 R421 *BN on the 62 line Aenned/"
01&2145 R421 *BN on the 62 line Dast Te.as"
01&21&2 E+- *BN1 *BN"
01&21&2 R421 do me a fa9or see if #A($%& went back to /our fre>uenc/"
01&21&0 E+- *BN1 #A( $%&:
01&214$ R421 /es"
01&21$4 E+- *BN1 he3s not here Dast Te.as"
01&2122 R421 $4 = do /ou see that #A($%& an/where and do me a fa9or
/ou see that target there on 222$ code at 22& climbing don3t know who he is
but /ou got that #,A &02 if /ou need to descent him down /ou can nobod/
we ma/ ha9e a hiCack we ha9e some problems o9er here right now"
01&212& R$41 oh /ou do"
01&212% R421 /es! that ma/ be real traffic nobod/ knows * can3t get a hold of
#A($%& at all right now and * don3t know where he went to"
01&21&$ R421 #A( $%& New York"
01&4144 #,A &021 New York &02
01&4144 R421 #,A&02 go ahead"
01&41$4 #,A&021 /es getting reports o9er the radio of a commuter hitting
the -orld Trade Center is that nordo [no radio %5 [+oeing %5% still in the
air: