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Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door MURRAY

Dus als ik het goed begrijp ligt Shanksville volgens Parci en FS 10 mijl van Washington?

Nee, dat was een foutje van de FAA en de Secret Service.
Goed lezen :

At 10:02, the communicators in the shelter began receiving reports from the Secret Service of an inbound aircraft—presumably hijacked—heading toward Washington.
That aircraft was United 93.
The Secret Service was getting this information directly from the FAA, through its links to that agency.
The Service’s operations center and their FAA contact were tracking the progress of the aircraft on a display that showed its projected path, not its actual radar return.

Thus, for a time, they were not aware the aircraft was going down in
Pennsylvania.
At some time between 10:10 and 10:15, a military aide told the Vice President and others that the aircraft was 80 miles out. Vice President Cheney was asked for authority to engage the aircraft.
The Vice President’s reaction was ddescribed as quick and decisive: “in about the time it takes a batter to decide to swing.” He authorized fighter aircraft to engage the inbound plane. He told us this was based on his prior conversation with the President. The military aide returned a few minutes later, probably between 10:12 and 10:18, and said the aircraft was 60 miles out. He again asked for authorization to engage.

The Vice President again said yes. The Secret Service was postulating the flight path of United 93, not knowing it had already crashed.

Het wordt algemeen aangenomen dat Washington DC het doelwit was :

The hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93 had turned the plane around and were heading towards Washington, D.C.. The United States Capitol Building and the White House are widely believed to have been possible intended targets. The 9/11 Commission Report cited the actions of the crew and passengers that prevented the destruction of the White House or the U.S. Capitol Building. According to an interview with captured Al-Qaeda mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, as published in The New York Times on September 9, 2002, the target of Flight 93 was indeed the U.S. Capitol.[20] Early speculation also mentioned Camp David, near Thurmont, Maryland, as a possible intended target.[21]