In addition to the photographs and other suspicious material, they carried “box cutters and other equipment,” the official said. They appeared to be from the Middle East and held Israeli passports. http://www.miami.com/herald/special/news/worldtrade/digdocs/021549.htm Miami, Florida, Tracking of jet reviewed Who watched as flight plan was aborted?
BY JOSEPH TANFANI AND ALFONSO CHARDY FORTY-five minutes. That’s how long American Airlines Flight 77 meandered through the air headed for the White House, its flight plan abandoned, its radar beacon silent. Originally bound for Los Angeles from Washington, it got as far as the Ohio border before terrorists disabled the aircraft’s transponder, a piece of equipment that sends a signal