Delta Air Lines Flight 1989 was a regularly scheduled flight offering nonstop service from Logan International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport on a Boeing 767-300ER aircraft. On September 11, 2001, this flight was one of several flights considered by government authorities to be possibly hijacked. No such threat existed and the flight landed safely.
On September 11, 2001, Delta 1989 was, for a time, considered to be a hijacked plane....
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Delta Air Lines Flight 1989 was a regularly scheduled flight offering nonstop service from Logan International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport on a Boeing 767-300ER aircraft. On September 11, 2001, this flight was one of several flights considered by government authorities to be possibly hijacked. No such threat existed and the flight landed safely.
On September 11, 2001, Delta 1989 was, for a time, considered to be a hijacked plane. The Boston Center controllers recognized that both of the aircraft that struck the World Trade Center had been Boeing 767 aircraft departing Boston’s Logan airport for Los Angeles and found that Delta 1989 fit the same profile as other hijacked flights. When Delta 1989 failed to acknowledge Boston Center's attempts to communicate, it was declared a suspected hijacking. Boston Center notified the FAA about their suspicions regarding Delta 1989 at 9:19 AM Eastern Daylight Time when the FAA’s New England regional office contacted the Herndon...
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