I decided to investigate as thoroughly as possible whether or not the phone calls from Flight 93 and other hijacked aircraft were possible. It is from these calls we hear the immortal and heroic "Let's roll!". This is where we get the descriptions of "Arab looking men" with knives and box cutters, talking about "Allah". If it is already possible to use a cell phone on a plane, why is Qualcomm so excited about their Pico chip? If it is not possible to do so, there's an even bigger problem.īecause there are no survivors of any of the 911 planes, the only "eyewitness" testimony we have is the paraphrased transcripts of phone calls made to family members. Either it is possible to make cell phone calls from a commercial jetliner in flight at cruising altitude - or it isn't. With the FAA statement that Flight 93 never went below 29,000 feet until its' sudden fatal plunge, these two stories seem to be mutually exclusive. According to the press release, it is currently impossible to connect by cell phone in a plane that is above 4,000 feet.ĭuring the Republican National Convention in New York City last month, Deena Burnett, widow of Flight 93 victim Tom Burnett, spoke of the four telephone calls she received from her husband aboard the doomed airliner on September 11th, all of which were received from his cell phone, one of which lasted 13 minutes. Using a technology called "Pico Cells", the system will work as a link between the airliner and ground towers.
Last month, Qualcomm Corporation issued a press release stating that they had developed a new technology that would finally make it possible to make cellular phone calls from commercial airliners. At 75 years, Pakistan is viewed as the sick man of South Asia.The strange case of the 9/11 cell phone calls.Don’t write off the Arabs yet: Palestine is still an Arab cause.Why is the abandonment of Palestine justified by using Iran as a pretext?.15 years of failed experiments: Myths and facts about the Israeli siege on Gaza.Who is Sir Ganga Ram and why his legacy lives on in India and Pakistan?.The 9/11 Consensus Panel has developed 32 Points of evidence. In another twist, two other women reported that Caller-ID showed their husband’s cell numbers on their answering machines, which while lasting several minutes, had been made from elevations of 25,000 and 35,000 feet.įinally, although the FBI conducted a massive investigation into the calls, none of the telephone billing, nor any of the cell phone location data stored in standard phone company records has been publicly released. Yet in 2001, a telephone spokesperson stated that sustained mobile calls were not possible above 10,000 feet.ĭuring the 2006 Moussaoui Trial, the FBI (under oath) reduced the number of cell phone calls to two calls made from 5,000 feet, and presented evidence of only one (not two) “unconnected” call from Barbara Olson, lasting “0 seconds.” Initial media reports and FBI interviews detailed more than a dozen cell phone calls from the planes at high elevation. Oddly, the Verizon wireless record shows that 19 calls were made from Beamer’s cell phone long after the crash of UA 93. Eerily, Beamer’s line remained open for 15 minutes after the crash. The famous “let’s roll” drama of the passenger revolt on UA 93 was relayed by passenger Todd Beamer’s 13-minute unrecorded seat-back call to GTE telephone supervisor Lisa Jefferson, who reported Beamer as strangely tranquil, declining to speak to his wife. The 9/11 Consensus Panel now offers four evidence-based Points about the alleged phone calls from the 9/11 flights. The official conclusion that all 82 support columns failed simultaneously from fire alone has for years raised serious questions about the official account. The Panel began its research in 2011 with the Twin Towers and the sudden, stunning collapse of adjacent Building WTC7, a massive 47-storey steel-framed skyscraper. These and other reported calls have now been examined by the 9/11 Consensus Panel of scientists, pilots, professors, attorneys, and journalists. World Trade Tower 7 – which collapsed ‘in sympathy with the big brothers’įrom American Airlines Flight 77, Barbara Olson fleshed out the drama of diminutive Muslim hijackers using knives and box-cutters to herd dozens of passengers to the rear of the plane.