The commission said the hijackers’ destination was Washington. The commission concluded that the hijackers remained at the controls of the plane, “but must have judged that the passengers were only seconds from overcoming them.” It was the only one of the four hijacked planes that day that did not kill anyone on the ground. Roughly 90 seconds later, the jet rolled onto its back and crashed into a Pennsylvania field at more than 580 mph, killing everyone aboard. The other hijacker answered, “Yes, put it in, and pull it down.” Jarrah said, “Allah is the greatest! Allah is the greatest!” and he asked his fellow hijacker, “Is that it? I mean, shall we put it down?” Seconds later, a passenger who wasn’t identified yelled, “In the cockpit! If we don’t, we die!” And 16 seconds later, another passenger yelled, “Roll it!” Investigators previously have said they believe passengers tried to use a food cart to break the cockpit door. Jarrah then began pitching the nose of the plane up and down to throw passengers off balance. With the sounds of fighting outside the cockpit, Jarrah asked, “Is that it? Shall we finish it off?”Īnother hijacker, who wasn’t identified, replied, “No, not yet. Relying on the cockpit recorder and flight data, the commission said terrorist-pilot Ziad Jarrah violently rocked the jet’s wings and told another hijacker to block the door. With the words “Let’s roll” – attributed to passenger Todd Beamer – passengers rushed down the airliner’s narrow aisle to try to overwhelm the hijackers. In phone calls from the plane, four passengers said they and others planned to fight the hijackers after learning of the attacks on the World Trade Center earlier that morning. The assertion, included in the panel’s dramatic summary of the harrowing flight, contradicts the firmly held belief by some victims’ families that passengers breached the cockpit and fought with hijackers inside during their final moments. Passengers aboard United Airlines Flight 93 fought back against the hijackers – but never actually made it into the cockpit, the Sept.
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