After pilots reported an unruly Middle-Eastern passenger and due to confusion and lack of communication between Boston and Cleveland , Delta ordered Flight 1989 to land at Cleveland . The flight reversed course over Toledo , Ohio , and landed uneventfully in Cleveland at 9:47 AM , some 6 minutes after Boston Center called NEADS and told of Delta 1989 . The Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) and city SWAT team evacuated the airport and held the aircraft at gunpoint on the tarmac for two hours , though all passengers were cleared . After an investigation by local and FBI authorities , it was concluded there was no threat aboard Delta 1989 . As noted by the 9/11 Commission report , “ During the course of the morning , there were multiple erroneous reports of hijacked aircraft . The report of American 11 heading south after American 11 had already crashed into WTC 1 was the first ; Delta 1989 was the second ”
American 11
American Airlines Flight 11
Delta Air Lines Flight 1989