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U.S, Department 800 Independence Ave.. S.W.

of Transportation Washington, DC 20591
Federal Aviation
Administration

October 7,2001

Terrorist Attack on U.S.

Situation Report #27
Asof1:OOPMEDT
(Changes in bold - FINAL REPORT)

1. Background. Terrorists commandeered commercial aircraft, crashing two into

the World Trade Center in New York, and one into the Pentagon in Washington DC. A
fourth aircraft crashed south of Pittsburgh after reporting a hijack. American and United
airlines each lost two flights in the air crashes. The four flights carried a total of 266
people - 233 passengers, 25 crewmembers and eight pilots. Domestic and
international flights in U.S. airspace have resumed under more stringent airport and air
carrier security procedures. On Sunday afternoon (EOT) U.S. forces began military
operations against terrorist training facilities and Taliban Command and Control
centers. Starting with tomorrow's SITREP, all SITREP's will reference Operation
Enduring Freedom and will be renumbered starting at number one.

2. Operational status. NAS facilities are all fully operational

• There were 93,689 Center Controller Operations yesterday, 16% less than
the Saturday average for the previous year.
• All FAA facilities are at Security Condition (SECON) CHARLIE. No FAA-wide
Readiness Level has been set.
• The FAA continues to restrict visitors at FAA facilities. See GENOT issued Sep
162001.
• The FAA ATCSCC and ACS officials are continuing to coordinate the resumption
of international commercial passenger, cargo, and Foreign Part 91 flights in the
U.S. The FAA is also coordinating international humanitarian flights issues that
are restricted in operating into the U.S. under the current restriction on foreign
Part 91 operations. Non-Canadian foreign air carriers are permitted to overfly the
territorial airspace of the U.S. only after affirming in writing to their FAA Principal
Security Inspector that they will implement the emergency measures required for
overflight authorization.
• To date, 44 Part 129 (Foreign) air carriers have been approved for overflight
of U.S. territorial airspace. All but 38 of the 986 air carrier stations offering
commercial flights to the U.S. are certified to fly.
• Flight Restrictions and authorizations are as follows: Except for the operations
listed below, Part 91 VFR operations are permitted within the territorial airspace
of the U.S., for U.S. registered aircraft, provided that those operations are
conducted outside "Enhanced Class B (ECB) airspace."

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• The following types of operations are not authorized:

1. Civil aircraft VFR flight training operations for turbojet powered
aircraft within Class B (See NOTAM 1/0345)
2. Sight seeing flight operations conducted for compensation or hire
within Enhanced Class B and TFRs of NY and Washington D.C.
areas. (See NOTAM 1/0345)
• The following types of operations are authorized as IFR ONLY:
1. Civil aircraft banner towing operations
2. Traffic WATCH flight operations
3. Airship/Blimp operations
4. News reporting operations

• FAA Flight Service Stations are providing continual updates on authorization

status via their 800-number at 1-800-WXBRIEF (1-800-992-7433).
• FAA Order 7110.263 has been revised to assure immediate notification to
NORAD, ROC, and ATCSCC of a possible hijacking.

CURRENT NOTAMS AFFECTING U.S. AIRSPACE

• FDC 0100 - Flight Restrictions - Washington, DC / New York
• FDC 0298 - Flight Restrictions - Major Sporting Events/Major Open Air
Assemblies
• FDC 0329 - Intercept Procedures
• FDC 0609 - Flight Near Restricted/Prohibited Areas
• FDC 0613 - IFR Operations in the U.S.
• FDC 0617 - VFR Operations in the U.S.
• FDC 0628 - Operations To/From Locations Outside the U.S.

CURRENT TEMPORARY FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS

• There are in excess of 30 TFRs currently active within the NAS.

Special Waivers
• NSC.and FAA Security and Air Traffic officials continue to coordinate numerous
requests for waivers to the current flight restrictions. These include but are not
limited to:
• U.S. Government contracted aircraft operation (i.e., USDA operations)
• Operations of blimps/airships (i.e. Goodyear airship over the Cleveland
Brown's Football Stadium for the upcoming (10/7/01) Browns vs. Chargers
football game
• Operations of foreign-registered Part 91 aircraft within U.S. territorial
airspace.
• A special working group has been convened to develop a "Permit Process" for
the granting of these waivers.

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3. Part 139 airport status. Airports are being approved for operation upon
certification that new security requirements have been implemented. A list of these
airports is posted on the FAA Intranet at:
httD://atcscc.faa.aov/ois/

• FAA's Civil Aviation Security continue to coordinate with local and Federal
officials on a wide range of security related issues including security
breaches, Explosive Trace Detection unit alarms, theft of airline/airport
uniforms, public reports of lax security, and a variety of unusual activities.
• Temporary flight restrictions are in force for GA (Part 91 ) operations for the
airspace around New York's JFK Airport and Washington's Reagan National out
to a radius of 25 miles. In the New York vicinity, all major airports are open to
traffic.
• SFAR No. 90 - Prohibition Against Certain Flights Within the Territory and
Airspace of Afghanistan - has been issued by the FAA. This emergency SFAR
has been issued by NOTAM.
• At the time of this report, all of the Part 1 07 U.S. airports (455) have been
certified as complying with the emergency security directives.

4. Personnel. AHR is tracking information on casualties to FAA employees and

families resulting from the attacks. Numerous FAA employees/families have been
affected.
• AHR has issued guidance on relaxed travel policies to assist for onward
movement of employees. A toll-free hotline that was established to assist
stranded FAA employees has been discontinued. Further questions can be
directed to the Travel Policy Help Desk at 1-800-482-4044 or 202- 267-9056.

5. Supplemental information.

• DOT'S Crisis Management Center (CMC) has reduced daily operations from
0600-2400 to 0600-2000 Monday through Friday. There will be no weekend or
Columbus Day staffing of the CMC unless further activation is required.
• FAA is providing domestic and international premium and non-premium war risk
insurance for U.S. carriers that request it. This is the first time domestic war risk
insurance has ever been issued.
• FEMA's Washington-based Emergency Response Team (EST) has fully
activated and on 24-hour operations. All 10 of the FEMA regions - headquartered
in Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago, Denton, TX, Denver,
San Francisco and Bothell, Wash. - are also fully activated.
• FEMA has activated the Federal Response Plan.
• FEMA has activated its operations center, and is working closely with the FBI's
Strategic Operation Information Center (SOIC). FEMA's SIOC liaison has been
activated.

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• CAPTURING IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS: The Office of Research and

Acquisition (ARA) has established a system for employees and others to offer
suggestions on improving safety and security. The system has e-mail, fax, as
well as telephone capability. The e-mail address is 9-AWA-TELLFAA@faa.gov.
The fax number is 202-267-5091 . The telephone number, which will be staffed
Mondays - Fridays, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Eastern time is 1-866-289-9673.
E-mail and fax are preferred.
• ACS is coordinating with NRC officials the monitoring of suspicious aircraft
activity in the vicinity of nuclear power plants. See NOTAM FDC 0530.
• DOT has informed all modal administrations that DOT's Crisis Management
Center will remain active until at least October 17, 2001.

Sources: FAA HQ WOC, ACC, ATCSCC, ANE ROC, AEA ROC, ASO ROC,
DOT/OET, FEMA, NOAA, Media

Authorized for Release:

for

Dan Noel
Manager, Emergency Operations Staff

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