12 Minutes
3 minutes and 52 seconds
4 minutes and 52 seconds
4 minutes
2 minutes and 52 seconds
20 minutes
11 minutes
13 minutes
How much time passed between Boston's first attempt of contact and when the fighters were scrambled?
At least 2
8
4
5
1
3
How many military facilities did Boston Center try to contact?
Boston Center to NEADS to First Air Force and NORAD
Boston Center to NEADS, NEADS to Battle Commander Colonel Robert Marr, Colonel Marr to Major General Larry Arnold
FAA initiated a call to the Boston Center TMU
Boston Center directly called NORAD
FAA called Otis Air Force Base
Boston Center to First Air Force
FAA called Fairfield Air Force Base
What was the successful sequence of communication?
About 8 minutes
6 minutes
1 hour
10 minutes
12 minutes
11 minuts
18 minutes
5 minutes
13 minutes
How long did it take the army to scramble fighter jets?
F-15s
F-16s
F-35 fighters
F-18
Which jet did the military scramble?
General Arnold
Larry Arnold
Larry Marr
Robert Marr
Robert Mulligan
Larry Sanders
General Marr
Colonel Marr
What is the name of the general involved in the report?
Falmouth
Falmouth, Massachusetts
Falmouth, MA
Boston
Cambridge
New York City
New York
What is the name of the city of the planes departure?
Otis Air Force Base
Griffiss Air Force Base
Boston Center
FAA's Cape Cod Air Base
Boston Airbase
New York City
Stewart Air National Guard Base
What is the name of the airbase the fighter jets where scrambled form?
Military Notification and Response. Boston Center did not follow the protocol in seeking military assistance through the prescribed chain of command. In addition to notifications within the FAA, Boston Center took the initiative, at 8:34, to contact the military through the FAA's Cape Cod facility. The center also tried to contact a former alert site in Atlantic City, unaware it had been phased out. At 8:37:52, Boston Center reached NEADS. This was the first notification received by the military-at any level-that American 11 had been hijacked: FAA: Hi. Boston Center TMU [Traffic Management Unit], we have a problem here. We have a hijacked aircraft headed towards New York, and we need you guys to, we need someone to scramble some F-16s or something up there, help us out. NEADS: Is this real-world or exercise? FAA: No, this is not an exercise, not a test. NEADS ordered to battle stations the two F-15 alert aircraft at Otis Air Force Base in Falmouth, Massachusetts, 153 miles away from New York City. The air defense of America began with this call. At NEADS, the report of the hijacking was relayed immediately to Battle Commander Colonel Robert Marr. After ordering the Otis fighters to battle stations, Colonel Marr phoned Major General Larry Arnold, commanding general of the First Air Force and NORAD's Continental Region. Marr sought authorization to scramble the Otis fighters. General Arnold later recalled instructing Marr to "go ahead and scramble them, and we'll get authorities later." General Arnold then called NORAD headquarters to report. F-15 fighters were scrambled at 8:46 from Otis Air Force Base. 