Time Magazine article about FAA
Sep 15, 2001 | 1:05 am
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Time Magazine article about FAA
Very interesting article about life at the FAA during the beginning of the nightmare:
The Day the FAA Stopped the World
http://www.time.com/time/nation/arti...174912,00.html
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The Day the FAA Stopped the World
http://www.time.com/time/nation/arti...174912,00.html
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Sep 15, 2001 | 6:49 am
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Thanks for that.
My husband's facility had a Singapore Air flight that said it didn't have fuel to make it to Canada and would have to land at the then-closed OAK. Two F-16s escorted it in.
As the FAA was aware what was happening on the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania, there was much discussion about whether or not to shoot it down. That would have certainly been an added emotional strain on the nation.
My husband's facility had a Singapore Air flight that said it didn't have fuel to make it to Canada and would have to land at the then-closed OAK. Two F-16s escorted it in.
As the FAA was aware what was happening on the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania, there was much discussion about whether or not to shoot it down. That would have certainly been an added emotional strain on the nation.