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September 11: FAA Closure of US Airspace
Although this animation was published 10 years ago, it gives an excellent visual of our airspace as things shut down on 9/11/01. From the description: This animation was created by NASA using FAA air traffic control data from September 11, 2001. It shows the rapid grounding of air traffic across the US, and redirection of incoming international traffic, in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Time is at lower left, number of planes in the air lower right. At 9:06am, FAA issued a ground stop… (www.youtube.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I flew AFTER they shut down the airspace. We were a C-5 crew slated to fly to Japan from Travis AFB, CA, that morning, but that quickly changed. We had already started briefing when the first tower was hit, and then the second happened. We watched the towers crumble on TV and, since we were ready, we volunteered to fly wherever, whenever. We were tasked to fly down to Davis-Monthan AFB to pick up customs and border patrol agents and 2 Blackhawk helos and fly them out to the east coast. Flying was eerie. Very quiet on the radio. The controller cleared us direct from AZ to Dover, DE, saying “You’re pretty much the only ones up there.” We we’re glad to serve and have a good story to tell, but it’s a somber reminder of the horrors of that day.
Thanks for you service Gage.
I was @ my Army Reserve unit for one day of computer training. When first told, we initially thought it was part of the training scenario; but were told to stay off the internet to save bandwidth. We huddled around a TV & watched the towers come down & sent home later, Listened to funeral type dirges on one of the public radio stations in the area. Was strange to watch The Weather Channel when they showed no flights @ all in the air. @ later drills, it was tossed abt, maybe all 10 Army Divisions being sent over @ the same time. Very sobering, especially since I had been mobilized & deployed to Saudi Arabia for Desert Shield/Desert Storm.
Thanks for being there for us...
I've heard, but I can't confirm this...On 9/12, the busiest airport (flight wise) in the nation was Grangeville, Idaho. There was a forest fire nearby, and firefighting with tankers was allowed to continue. Under fighter oversight.
Was just looking @ it on Google Earth. Looks like it’s closed w/ “X’s“ laid out on both runways.
Heard of instances where air amubulance helicopters were allowed to fly after consultations.
Heard of instances where air amubulance helicopters were allowed to fly after consultations.
I looked and sure enough, it looks like it's closed in that image. However, that image is over three years old. Looks like the runway was being resurfaced then, there is construction equipment visible. All the news items I could find on google did not mention a current closure.
I've thought about this for a while, it must have been a former Cascade Airways pilot, now a bush pilot for the back country, that told me that trivia tidbit. He flies out of there frequently.
I've thought about this for a while, it must have been a former Cascade Airways pilot, now a bush pilot for the back country, that told me that trivia tidbit. He flies out of there frequently.
The State Department was flying bin Laden relatives out of the country too. Seriously. It's sketchy why, but this has been documented, taxpayers paid to fly his relatives out of the US to apparently 'protect them'.
Meanwhile, our airport was full, planes lined up on the closed runway, people putting up travelers that were all of the sudden stuck in this shitty little town. The rental car companies reported multiple people were jointly renting cars so they could drive to one person's destination, and the next person would take over driving to their destination. People were actually being nice about it too. Interesting....
Our local hospital had over half of their emergency docs stuck in Orlando. They were about to get on a plane headed home from a convention, and they had to rent a minivan and team drive the 20 hours to get back.
Meanwhile, our airport was full, planes lined up on the closed runway, people putting up travelers that were all of the sudden stuck in this shitty little town. The rental car companies reported multiple people were jointly renting cars so they could drive to one person's destination, and the next person would take over driving to their destination. People were actually being nice about it too. Interesting....
Our local hospital had over half of their emergency docs stuck in Orlando. They were about to get on a plane headed home from a convention, and they had to rent a minivan and team drive the 20 hours to get back.