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4 unusual facts about Flight 11


Flight 11

American Airlines Flight 11, which was hijacked and crashed into the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001

Continental Airlines Flight 11, which was bombed and crashed near Unionville, Missouri on May 22, 1962

Air Bagan Flight 11, which struck power lines and crash-landed on final approach to Heho, Myanmar on December 25, 2012

Avianca Flight 011, which crashed while attempting to land at Madrid on November 27, 1983


Stanley Praimnath

When the North Tower was struck by Flight 11, Praimnath started to evacuate from his 81st floor office in the South Tower, but returned when the building's security guards told everyone that the South Tower was secure, and that they should return to their office.


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Air Bagan Flight 11

Air Bagan Flight 11 was a scheduled domestic flight in Myanmar, operated by Air Bagan, from Yangon to Heho that, on 25 December 2012, while attempting to land at Heho Airport, struck power lines, crash landed on a road and came to a stop in a paddy field and caught on fire.

U.S. military response during the September 11 attacks

An erroneous FAA report of a hijacked plane heading towards Washington ("phantom Flight 11") prompted the scrambling of three more fighters from the 1st Fighter Wing at Langley Air Force Base, which due to "poor communications", ended up flying eastward, out to sea, instead of heading toward Washington, significantly delaying their arrival on the scene.