During the 9/11 attacks in 2001 , fighter jets were dispatched to intercept the hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 , believed to be heading to Washington . However , there was no time for the combat jets to be armed with missiles . The pilots were informed that they would be ramming the aircraft . The plane crashed due to an internal struggle by the time the jets arrived
United Airlines Flight 93
United Airlines Flight 93
Aerial ramming