greggerypeccary wrote on Sep 29
th, 2022 at 8:42am:
wombatwoody wrote on Sep 29
th, 2022 at 7:24am:
chimera wrote on Sep 29
th, 2022 at 7:02am:
They weren't foreign intruders or unauthorised drug runs. None are shot down.
Irrelevant. SOP - standard operating procedure - is to scramble fighter jets. Why didn't that happen?
It
did happen.
At 08:46, just as Flight 11 struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center, the two F-15s were ordered to scramble (an order that begins with engine start-up, a process that takes about five minutes), and radar confirmed they were airborne by 08:53.
That can't be called a scramble. To scramble means to take off and
intercept aircraft that are off course.
No intercept took place.
(8:46 A.M.) Two F-15 fighters are ordered to scramble from Otis Air National Guard Base in Massachusetts to find Flight 11, approximately 190 miles from the known location of the plane and 188 miles from New York City. Fighters in nearer bases are not scrambled. This is 6-8 minutes after NORAD has been told the plane was hijacked, approximately 26 minutes after losing contact with the plane. [8:39, Channel 4 News, 9/13/01, 8:46, NORAD, 9/18/01, 8:44, CNN, 9/17/01, 8:44, Washington Post, 9/15/01]
https://www.wanttoknow.info/9-11timeline60pgFighters in nearer bases are not scrambledWhy were fighters in nearer bases not scrambled?