Was this the fifth 9/11 plane? United 23 crew reveal their 767 was raided and grounded by FBI
A United Airlines captain scheduled to take off from JFK Airport in New York this morning 9/11 He says he believes his plane was intended to be the fifth aircraft in the terrorist plot.
Tom Manero sat on the tarmac in the cockpit of United Flight 23 at 9:00 a.m., waiting for takeoff.
Mannero later learned that the cutter had been spotted on a plane parked at the next gate. He believes ground personnel who were supporting terrorists got the wrong plane and thwarted the attack attempt..
“Someone is likely plotting to use our planes as weapons of mass destruction,” he said. TMZ Survey: 9/11: Fifth Plane, which Airs Mondays at 9:00 PM ET on Fox.
United 23 did not participate 9/11 Commission official report, and there were no confirmed arrests of those on board. U.S. officials have not commented on long-standing speculation that the flight may be the fifth plane planned to attack.
Tom Manero was the captain of United Airlines Flight 23, which was waiting to take off on the runway at JFK when a second plane hit the Twin Towers.All planes were then ordered back to the gate
The towers of the World Trade Center can be seen billowing with smoke after a second plane crashed at 9:03 am on September 11, 2001.
The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks remain the deadliest terrorist attack in American history, killing 2,977 people in four separate attacks.
Four planes crashed that morning.
Taking off from Boston bound for Los Angeles, American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center at 8:46 am.
United Airlines Flight 175 also left Boston for LA 15 minutes after the AA flight. It hit the South Tower of the WTC at 9:03 am.
At this point United 23 was on the tarmac and was told to return to the gate.
At 9:37 a.m., American Airlines Flight 77 took off from Washington, DC and crashed into the Pentagon.
And finally, at 10:02 am, United Airlines Flight 93, taking off from Newark for San Francisco, was shot down in a field in Pennsylvania. Analysts now believe the hijackers were targeting the White He House or the Capitol.
United 23 flight attendant Sandy Thorgren told the documentary:
After returning to the gate, Thorgren said passengers disembarked and the crew was questioned by the FBI.
In a preview clip of the documentary obtained by DailyMail.com, she said, “They wanted to bring us in to show them the people lining up for Port Authority.”
“They put us all in a van, a windowless van. The gates were locked and guarded by armored forces with machine guns or whatever rifles they were using.
“We were shown to this room with double-glazed windows that let you see in but not out.
“And they asked us if we could identify the people behind that window.”
The documentary reported that four passengers traveling in first class were acting suspiciously, but no one was arrested.
Mannero later said he learned the cutter had been spotted on a plane parked next to him and suspected the hijack team had been assisted on the ground.
“The chief pilot reported to me that he had found two box cutters in the first class seat pocket of the next plane.
The plane’s flight attendant, Sandy Thorgren, said she was convinced the plane was meant to be hijacked on 9/11.
John McCain was seen holding a copy of the 9/11 Commission Report in his hand.Report does not mention United 23
“Even if someone was working with them on the ground, they simply made a mistake and put the cutter on the wrong plane.
“There are people who clean the planes, people who load the planes with food, people who have access to the planes.
“If someone cooperated with the group, they could have been put in there. Getting on a plane like that isn’t the hardest thing in the world.
“This is the only thing that makes me think it is quite possible that someone is plotting to use our planes as weapons of mass destruction.”
Nineteen hijackers were on board four planes and died in the attack.
9/11 World Trade Center North Tower Collapses, People Flee
Smoke rises from the Pentagon after one of four planes hit it on Sept. 11
Firefighters and paramedics investigate the crash site of United Airlines Flight 93 after the 9/11 terrorist attacks hijacked the jet and crashed passengers near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
Within two months of the attack, law enforcement officials detained more than 1,200 people for questioning at least.
Cuba’s Guantanamo Bay Naval Base was later turned into a prison housing those arrested in George W. Bush’s “War on Terror.” At its peak, the camp held 780 of him, but now it holds only 32.
They include the alleged mastermind of the attack, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, whose trial is set to begin decades later.
Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden said he was behind the attack, and on May 2, 2011, under orders from Barack Obama, special operations forces raided the Pakistani facility where he lived. and killed him.
This attack led to George W. Bush bombing Afghanistan in October 2001, where the Taliban regime was supporting al-Qaeda.
The Taliban were overthrown in a month and bin Laden fled.
Bush then sent US troops to Iraq in March 2003 to destroy Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and end Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship.
There are few signs of Al-Qaeda-Iraqi ties and no weapons of mass destruction have been found.
