United Airlines Flight 175
United Airlines Flight 175 was the second hijacked airplane of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The flight was traveling from Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts to Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California.
 UA 175's flight path from Boston to New York City on September 11, 2001. | |
| Hijacking summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | Tuesday, September 11, 2001 |
| Summary | Suicide hijacking |
| Place | World Trade Center, New York City, U.S. |
| Passengers | 51 (plus 5 hijackers) |
| Crew | 9 |
| Fatalities | 60, plus 5 hijackers, on aircraft; approximately 900 (including emergency workers) at the South Tower of the World Trade Center |
| Survivors | None on aircraft |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 767–222 |
| Airline/user | United Airlines |
| Registration | N612UA [1] |
| Flew from | Logan Int'l Airport |
| Flying to | Los Angeles Int'l Airport |
It crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center. The plane was hijacked by five members of al-Qaeda. The plane was a Boeing 767. 56 people (including 5 hijackers) and 9 crew members died in the crash. The time of the crash was 9:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time. Unlike American Airlines Flight 11, which crashed into the North tower 17.5 minutes earlier, Flight 175 was the only plane seen live on television because of the media attention drawn to the scene from the crash of Flight 11.
Aircraft
The aircraft used in the attack was a Boeing 767-222. The aircraft had a registration of N612UA, and it was built in 1983 by Boeing.[1] The airplane could seat 168 passengers in total (10 seats in first class, 33 seats in business class, and 125 seats in economy class). On this particular flight, 56 passengers (5 of which were hijackers), and nine staff members. All together, United Airlines Flight 175 carried 65 people on the morning of September 11.[2]
United Airlines Flight 175 Media
N612UA landing in San Francisco in December 1999.
Gate C19 at Boston's Logan International Airport was the boarding gate of United Flight 175 on September 11, 2001. An American flag was added to memorialize the site.
Two New York air traffic controllers communicate the positioning of United Airlines Flight 175 live.
Diagram of the impact position of both aircraft
Diagram showing how debris from both aircraft fell after the impact
World Trade Center site with WTC 2
Flight 175, seconds before crashing into the South Tower (only the northern facade is visible) as the North Tower burns.
Flight 175 explodes after hitting the South Tower.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "FAA REGISTRY - Aircraft - N-Number Inquiry". Federal Aviation Adminstration. U.S. Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ↑ "Staff Report, August 26, 2004" (PDF). National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 May 2008. Retrieved 26 March 2017.