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In rec.travel.air Fly Guy wrote:
glenn P wrote:

Interesting theory, but was there chaos on board the 9-11 jets?
Not in my opinion.....

UAL more than likely had Ch. 9 on at the time the hijacks took
place, then, in one way or another turned them off. Unfortunately, we
will never know.

And what if the passengers of the other 4-thousand odd planes in the
air at the time learned of the hijackings and suicide crashings while
they were still in the air?

You don't think there'd be some freeky stuff happening on some of
those planes if they knew?

Actually, there would be a lot of praying going on, and yes,
the occasional fanatic. But, you'd be surprised about how well people
can pull themselves together.

When all those planes were forced to land, I bet they were told
something like "ladies and gentlemen, this is the Captain speaking.
We've got a small problem with (you-name-it) and so as a precaution
we're going to make an unscheduled landing. Nothing to fear or be
worried about. Just sit tight and relax and we should be on our way
again shortly."

Heck, the flight crew never tells you the straight goods regarding the
status of your own flight (like delays, ETA, connections, etc) just to
keep you calm and not a pain in their side.

There was an article posted in this very group about UAL890
(B744, NRT-LAX) which had Ch. 9 and the video maps on during the
hijackings. Neither the FAs, nor pilots mentioned anything about what
was going on, until their flight and 249 others were rerouted to YVR.
Only then, did the pilot tell the passengers *and* crew anything. In
fact, it's still out at
http://www.usatoday.com/news/sept11/...r-daytwo_x.htm .

The less you know about anything happening in real time, the better.
Whether it's about the flight you're on, the goings-on in the cabin,
or the outside world in general.

Ch. 9 on any UAL flight, maps on and maps on JBU and FFT
flights beg to differ, as those are in real time.

BL.
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