18. 084739 AA11 Discussion to First Impact
New York Center: Everybody copy?
Herndon Center: Say that again, please
Boston Center: We, we, looks like we lost the primary target about twenty west of Kennedy, and we had a report of an ELT in the area. We’re gonna ah, guess we’ll ah, get some Coast Guard activity up there
Unknown: Well, we lost the track too
New York Center: Hey Boston, this is New York, ah what type of aircraft was the American?
Boston Center: Seven sixty seven
ACI Watch: This is the ACI watch. Say again if you lost, ah, track of the aircraft, over
Boston Center: Boston has lost track, on our frequency we had some threats that it was a hijack, (indistinct) the tapes
New York Center: New York confirms that we last track as well, and we were, ah, had report of ah ELT in the area that the track was in.
New York Center: Kennedy Tower reports, (indistinct) you serious? Kennedy Tower reports that there was a fire at the World Trade Center. And that’s, ah, that’s the area where we lost the airplane.