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Flight attendant call details different { September 21 2001 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1556000/1556096.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1556000/1556096.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1556096.stm Friday, 21 September, 2001, 12:24 GMT 13:24 UK The last moments of Flight 11 A flight attendant's desperate telephone call has provided new details of the last moments of Flight 11 before it hit the World Trade Center. According to the FBI transcript, part of which was published in the Los Angeles Times, Madeline Amy Sweeney described how hijackers stabbed passengers and then diverted the plane. A US official praised Ms Sweeney's ability to keep calm and describe the crisis as it unfolded but the mother-of-two's words ended in horror and disbelief. When Ms Sweeney came on the phone to ground staff in Boston it was to report that a hijack was in progress. Four attackers had cut the throat of a passenger in business class and stabbed two others, she said. Three of the hijackers had been sitting in business class themselves and one spoke very good English. Composure As Ms Sweeney was giving their seat numbers, they reached the cockpit and it was then, as the plane suddenly changed course, that she spoke her last reported words: "I see water and buildings. Oh my God! Oh my God!" Officials at American Airlines have been asked not to discuss the telephone call with the press, but one unnamed member of staff praised the dead flight attendant. "She was very, very composed, very detailed," he said. "It was impressive that she could do that." Ms Sweeney's account of the hijacking provides unique evidence of what took place but it also appears to conflict with previous information. The FBI has named five hijackers on board Flight 11, whereas Ms Sweeney spotted only four. Also, the seat numbers she gave were different from those registered in the hijackers' names.

Cbs reports sweeney says sees water Flight 11 crew worked together Flight attendant call details different { September 21 2001 } Flight attendant made calm call to report hijacking Rapid decent term not used lightly Sweeney says flight way too low Sweeney sees hijackers raid flight 11 cockpit { September 20 2001 } Files Listed: 7

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