United Airlines Flight 93

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United Airlines Flight 93 was an American domestic passenger flight from Newark International Airport in New Jersey to San Francisco International Airport in California that was hijacked by four al-Qaeda terrorists on the morning of September 11, 2001, as part of the September 11 attacks. The hijackers intended to crash the plane into a federal government building in Washington, D.C. However, their plan failed when passengers and crew members revolted in an attempt to regain control of the plane. As a result of the ensuing struggle, the terrorists crashed the plane into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, killing all 44 aboard the flight. Forty-six minutes after the Boeing 757 took off at 8:42 a.m. EDT, the hijackers killed one passenger, stormed the cockpit, struggled with the pilots as controllers on the ground listened in, and moved the remaining passengers and crew members to the rear of the aircraft. Lead hijacker Ziad Jarrah, who had trained as a pilot, took control of the aircraft...

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