
In the opinion of a colleague of mine who has worked in the cellphone industry, it was a “miracle” that any of the calls got through from altitude. It was, in her opinion, a “fluke” that so many calls reached their destinations. According to AT&T spokesperson Alexa Graf, cellphones are not designed for calls from the high altitudes at which most airliners normally operate.

It could be called the “Cellphone Flight.” Like the staged attacks themselves, the calling operation would be complex, involving the a) deployment of voice mimicry techniques, b) gathering personal intelligence on at least some of the passengers, c) coordination of calls with the operation’s timeline.Īny analysis of the cellphone and “airfone” calls from Flight 93 must begin with some basic, high-altitude cellphone facts. The following analysis focuses on Flight 93, from which more alleged cellphone calls were made than from the other three flights combined.


If the hijackings of September 11 were staged, the organization responsible would also be sure to add other elements to the basic plan, not only developing lists of hijackers, but sending fake cellphone calls from some of the passengers. The Cellphone and Airfone Calls from Flight UA93Īcknowledgment: I wish to thank Brad Mayeaux for assistance in preparing this article
