Appendix T- The Air Traffic Organization's Response to the September 11th Terrorist Attack

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The AirTraffic Organization's Response to theSeptember 11th Terrorist Attack: ATC SystemAssessment, Shutdown, and Restoration

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Air Traffic Situation Room Notes from 11 September to 27 September 2001This appendix con tains Air Traffic Situation Room notes from 11 September to 27 September2001, in chronological order.

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A EA advised CKB data go ing to AAT-20.Rick Hosteller advised that w e need to have a s ing le focal p o in t at NORAD to handle m i l i taryfl ight return ing f rom overseas.AEA advised th e DCA is getting word that REACH3301, C130, 70 minutes ou t , is notauthorized to land ADW, must divert to D O V .AD W t o wer is getting th e word on the REACH3301 diver t ing f rom W hi te House m i l itaryliaison.Eric Harrell advised th at he ha s just talked to security, the security pla n has not beenf inalized, expect that to happen in the n e x t hour or so . In form at ion will then be t ransm it tedto carriers. Telcon with th e adminis t rator at 8 a.m. with carriers. Discuss again with securityan d operations folks . Hope to have final operat ional impact by 9 a.m.Doug D avis at the DOT Crisis Ce nter requested a copy of the sec urity plan as soon as it isavailable.AEA priority will be voice recordings for all four A/C; FBI agent] pt AEAZN Y upload ing wave files /Wayne hand car ry ing in fo f rom Clarksburg to Pi t t sburgh fo r t ransm ission (90+ m inutes)AAL 77 in fo in process of being uploaded as wave dataZID working fi les/dataAFS liaison for restoration plan will be Pete Dula (AFS-401 ) /AEA has bridge at| (code] for hot bridge w/ATCSCCStaff ing in AEA should be 100% iby 1000 this morning; AEA regional office closed;Media reporting D CA will open at 1500 fo r baggage pickupAAF tech enroute ETA fo r tapes 'to Clarkstiurg 0700; AEA detai led chronology to be faxedAEA warns us that media will l ikely be request ing f l ight releasesNOTAMs 1-9752 (NYC); 9751 (PIT) ! /S ix TFRs (NYC, PIT, ORE, 2 in W A ) estab li shed , bu t none over the Pen tagon s ince tha t i s al lin Class B airspace \y P OC is Mark Sells; Wave file on site; NTA P s / on disk

FAA fatali t ies include ZB W controller Doujg M c K a y ' s wife , AAL 1 1 ; files CA1Miegs Field contract tower manager's R ay Wil l i ams ' .sister: UAL 93All regions staff ing levels normal ; ; ;ZDC: DBA Rich Nolan wants to k n o w n u mb er to ge t pi lo t in fo o ps cen ter : xl ^^1D O T CMC: DOTRFI: FAA, FBI and NTSB leads at each crash siteFAA/AAI lead Tony James ( |br WOC page) in PA;WTC NTSB Eric 202 FA AE d K a t e l l ; i ; /ZO B checking to see if FBI has reviewed data; released data to Wayne Pierce; FBI spen tabout 45 minutes rev iewing data between 4-5 pm yesterdayTerry Bollarjack, AAT-20 going to DUL ATCT f o r F B I in terv iewsZNY reports Canadians to resume normal op s at 1 100 EDTORD UA took off with NTSB m e d ia request ing what .is going onM r Richard Huff (DOS) will contact AT$C fer special f l igh ts

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AAT-20 reported that th e briefing to the Secretary of Transportation w as completed an d thatthere will be a security intelligence meet ing by AAT-20 ;i n th e McCracken room at 1 1 :30.Secretary briefing delayed indefinately. / ( \ Carmine direct number / \: 1 ) All AFSSs

aircraft that the system is not available. Mike Cirillo willi call; out to ARTCC to f ind out whattheir school of thought is . Issue: at a non-control facil i ty, a plane may take off and pick up aclearance i n t h e air. / [ ;2) Someone with a foreign nam e said they wan ted to talk to someone - He wa nted to give infoon security at IAH. Secu rity is on the way over to in te rview hijn.Mai Geller-DOT cr is is ma nage me nt Center-Doug Davis is on the l ine, please d o n ' t hang up.Shelley at CMC- who are you t ry ing to cal l? / | \A IS CALLING PANYNJ. Issue: International a ircrapassengers who are unable to connect or comply with security. For an y i n t e rn a t ion a loperations, they would l ike a heads up of 4 hours notification. Another foreign group toconsider are with the Cana dians too. / \M t o wer - Bil l Bl a ken - 361R f lv ine around BGMSept. 1. Min format ion request on this . I tneeds to goto RonRuegerr i ' s staff.| |Need a n u mb er for PIT to give a range on .the video m ap. Just need a l ine of sight to go forPIT to Camp David . call:| I Estimate: 7 6 miles, 1 30 degrees.Mike Cirillo: Security issues: th e same package that was sent out to the ARTCC was sent ou tto the foreign offices. If the aircraft have a diff icul ty complying with the security , the y cannot fly in. Dan Vaca will FA X security package to Jerry Richard in BR X.Frank: Issue: wind is turned toward EWR and the smoke i s b lowing toward the EWR tower .Th e controllers heard that th e win d i n c lu d es asbestos. They ar e asking about th e possibilityof going home. !L i nda Schuessler: Ap paren tly NO RAD contacted region. They want to put mili tarycontrollers in the ZAT and ATL. NORA D will be pu t t ing in m i l i tary weapons controllers,not air traffic controllers. ;The state of New Jersey is asking w hen the GA restriction wil l be l if ted. They w ant to spraycrops. Na ncy spoke with them on the phone. ;SW A canceled al l flight s for remainder of day . DL A cancelled 2200 A A L domestics 2300.Dave: Need a n u mb er for the NYNJPA man ag er . Ron Ruegerr i wil l get the number:Dave: Did all copy of the status of DLA , SWA, AAL? Aff i rma t ive .A W P : A n y t h i n g we know about A FS pul l ing tapes? Fred an d Sabra will look into this .Paddy: Diverts , no domestics: A A L 2300z, DL A 2200z, CA A 2200z, USA 2200z; reminderof day : S W A , NKS , NZ W, JBU; A W E 2200z, UA L 2200z:["" ISabra FAXnum be r , all other regions wou ld l ike this info too.A W P- 400 a signed directive -Bob Long not aware of theDave: An yone involved wi th flights yesterday need facility log, 8020 for CFR and lawenforcement and fax to AAT-20. AEA and AGL have th e in fo.John will fax the info from Bob Lon g to the regions on the AAF issuePaddy: A irlines want us to publish an advisory ab out wh en the airspace will be open. Theyare call ing the ARTCC asking when it will happen were expecting info at noon today.1 130 Prin cipa ls only telcon w ill address return to service issues; ATT-1 should be on.

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Mary St rawbridge: ANE: Need PT file for the file that w as sent to AAT-20. The second fileon th e SATORI.ZDC: Question ab out Crisis M g m t Team. A W ashing ton couple would l ike to meet with th eteam. Someone is drivin g f rom C leveland to the IAD area, Brad Troy form NATCA.E W R people have to leave th e tower completely due to the smoke. The facility willdetermine if they ca n relocate operations. Some people were able to put hoods on, but nowal l personnel need to evacuate.Dave: Ref: military in ATL and ZTL: weap ons controllers on ly. To work wi th AWACs toprovide better radar coverage. NO RAD b roug ht this throu gh the Air Traffic Services. W ewill make ASO aware of thisDo we know of anything on NORAD and NAV CAN AD A ab out coordina t ion ac t ivi t ies?Ann Moore checking th is out .Michae l w as ta lking about a Royal Air Force L101 1 - there is one ready to leave for theUSA . There is also one from Austra l ia . Scott Hagen is work ing th is . M r. Haas will not becoming in, but ra ther going to London . 'Fred Anderson fo r AAF want s th e list of aircraft - when they are going to start up . Please fa xto Bob Long at 75015.ZN Y calling AEA BGM has a bomb threat, they evacuated, an d ZN Y is assuming airspace.AEA got a report that they were evacuating th e facili ty for a sweep, but not a bomb threat.ZN Y (Mike) said that the Com Center called it a bomb threat.Wou ld l ikeAE A - BGM is being evaluated only for a sweep. There is no bomb threat.Paddy: Alaska would like an exemption to get supplies to out lying areas of Alaska. Could goto state and get an ident i f ica t ion of locations with a TFR or 30 mile radius fo r interdiction fo rnon-advisory aircraft in hot areas. Then allow to/form travel within AK only with max alt .And speeds, etc. and not offer an y risk to the NAS. The owness should be on the state of AKto come up with th e level of risk. AAL: Dave to Kei th Dutch, Tony W ylie : are you aware ofan y of the above? Yes. A big part is due to hun t ing season and people are out for longer thanthey anticipated. This would fall under an evacuat ion type of s itua t ion. AAL has N ORADw or king ou t processes fo r approvals. ARTCC: can we make certain Air Traffic Services isaware? Yes. Dave to AFS: W e just need to find out if AK will support this, then w e willmake i t happen.Some of the facilities that are not normally open 24 hours, will be open again tonight. Just aheads-up. This will cost add itional $.D an Smiley: Jack Kies just got out of a telcon and we need to find out about securityDoug: Report that there is an ai rplane inboun d to the Pentagon.PADD Y: Air Traffic Services cell at ARTCC will get in touch w i th NO RAD in AK.Dan: securtiy an d opening of airports: via this telcon H Q will advise everyone. The ARTCCwill coordinate with NA V CAN ADA . M ike Cirillo will contact Jack Kies to discuss thisfurther.Larry: MWAA will not open DCA or IAD until tomorrow.Patrice, please find out for Tony Tisdall when will CISD be avai lable? Bob Tobin: NATCAcan ' t get here until tomorrow, but will confi rm this .

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Ronn i e said tha t ZNY got helmets going crver to Newark to h elp wi th smoke and asbestosNewark al so has smoke su i t s . NY Pol ice/ sa id tha t there are no ca rc inogens in the smoke, jus tconcrete dust a n d smoke. / j \F SSE Manager : the ATM at Newport Ne\ys is request ing is cal lof a tape. / j \: The f ac i l i t y i s being shut down, / In about 30 minutes they w iDave and Jef f : Who is ou t there? Go hom e and come \back around 530am and stagger in forth e res t of the week. Work th e schedule before: y o u r leave.Miami Herald need aphone number for Public iAffairs: | ]WEwill eet back to them.They can r each B i l l S h u m a n n at| ; |or Frasier Jonesl JControl lers need to provide separa t ion between Mil i tary and L i f e Guard f l ights . This is atCleve la nd Cneter . Th e mil i ta ry is te l l ing them th is . They are f lying due regardSanta B a r b a r a Hub repor t in g 192DW t a x i out . Cont rol lers asked i f it i s intent ion al . Secur i tyis su r rou nd ing the a i r c r a f t . Non e v e n t on the C i t a t i o n . Th e mec han i c d idn ' t unde r s t and th eques t ion .Da n a t ATCSCC: Paul B ar tko wi ll be the c o n d u i t for the secur i ty reports. This will be madeava i lable on t h i s telcon l ine. ATCSCC set up a form for r ecord ing th e i n fo . All r eg ions wil lw a n t a copy of the f o rm. ;EW R upda t e : Con t ro l le r s are in a back -up facil i ty in the port. They wil l stay there un t i l th ea i rport is open. The reports have come back t h a t the air is only dust . At EWR, completedave ry i t em but one sweep on terminals . This will take about 4-6 hours to sweep. Theyd o n ' t w a n t to sweep unt i l we have a r esump t ion of service t ime. This m ay create a rippleeffect . This is c o m i n g from th e P A N Y N J .Secur i ty cal led on a cherokee/and several AFSS is s ta t ing that press h as repor ted tha t th ea i rspace i s open. Figh ter p i lots hav e sc rambled on planes.Full crews o r minim ums? Fac i l it i e s don ' t h ave a n y t h i n g to do unti l t omor row.Mi ke Cir i l lo: there is some confusion of the SCATANA we are in. We are not sh u t t i ngdown any NAVAIDS.Got not i f i ca t ion t h a t Sa n A n t o n i o is open . Do we have a l ist of ai rpor t tha t are the priori tyai rpor ts? Paul fax: | [These are the largest airports.C NN states t ha t Midw ay Ai r li nes is closed and a ll emp l oyees are fi red immediately .Mike: Mili tary has stated that military is separating from each other, du e regard. Now w e a rebe ing t o ld to p rov ide sepa r a ti on with c i v i l and mil i tary ai rc raf t . We ca n no t ensure separa t ions ince we a re not t a l k i ng to mil i tary . A Col one l at Nor theas t Command and the ATCSCC arestating th is . DO D i s w o r k i n g th i s issue.Mike McC ormic k: One of your employees i s down h ere . Lar ry Eng.Someone p lease run a copy o f the form and priorities to Paul Bartko.JoEllen: we are t ry in g to work the i ssue th rough the m edia aircraft depar t ing and hear ings ta tements on the TV. Bi l l Peacock: Ref. GA G A will not be released un t i l some t ime nex tweek. Suggest get hold of regional ent i t i es tha t the GA wil l not be released. There is aNOTICE tha t could be g i v e n to each facil i ty an d organ i za t i on . B i l l a t CMC would l ike acopy of the NOTICE.H a v e you spoken with th e Nor theas t Com man d ye t ? W e hav e more f igh ters ou t . O ur DO Dl iaison is work ing th e issue.

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Paul Bartko: ASW List of airportsGGG, IAH, SAT, OKC, FSM, H O U , AFW - incompliance with security order.ASO: Laser shows, model rockets, etc, waivers were approved: an y guidance? At themoment us e your best judgement .Ron Rugeiri call Doug Gould.Lt. Col. Diggs: AT Liaison: do you have a t imeline fo r transition yet? No.Dan Smiley: Have NOTAMs and want to discuss how we will cancel them. FDC 1/9734;FDC 1/977 1 . An Advisroy 7. Want to cancel 9734 that says we can't use any of our airportsan d instead use 9771 . Reggie will re-wri te these an d send them back to Dan.Facili ty Directive and Air Carrier issue. There are no airports that have yet been approved.Ron Ruggeri Patrick Henry tapes: there is nothin g on the tapes at ORF. They are clean.ASO-to ATCSCC - This shows ATM. Shou ld this be ATM or Airport Manager? This formis for the ATM to ID. And l imitat ions at the airport in a capacity area. Some of the airports inASO are calling in security compliance. There are no airports that have m et com pliance evenif th e airport has. Some of the airlines haven't m et security compliance.Bill Ellis: Who will be your relief tomorrow morning? Probably Doug, the Bill, then Sabra.Paul : Security heads up. Talking about landing aircraft that landed in Canada m ay al low UScarriers to land in one final destination. This is a heads up so we can start plan ning .ATCSCC and AEA copied. This will bring back the passengers? Yes. Carmine: JFK-19aircraft; EWR - 16 aircraft. Is it feasible for the aircraft to get into NY? John M cCar tney islooking into this and the flight checks.CPF450 C206 - out of LAX- Question: When did hefile the flight plan? Proposed at 1 337.Says they are part of FEMA. The cell suggests L AX ca ll the ATCSCC cell and work this out.There is no record of the f l ight .

| | FBI NYis requesting copies of all theN ags. Request if wecan make copies for FBI.Doug Gould: give only copies to them, not originals.Paddy: EWR is back to normal .Bil l Ellis: Earlier th is morn ing BGM i s back to normal .NORAD would be in the facility only to assist th e controllers with NOR AD lingo. This willel iminate th e controllers from having to do coordinat ion. This has not been approved yet.ASW: A lot of helo. Operations to evacua te the rigs in the Gu lf.Security wants to know if we have a list of divers ionary for aircraft - 141Canadian todomestic. We have a list by number but not the call signs. Please fax the list to Paul Bartko.Dave: AAF and AVN are working with a list of flight checks that can possibly be done priorto restoring the NAS to air traffic at the very busy airports.Houston ARTCC is work ing the evacuation helicopters out of the Gulf.AGL: Please look into th e possibility of a f l ight check at Cleveland and Minneapol i s for theILSs. Managers will be calling Chris Metis directly.Linda: Denver ARTCC is also having separation problem s. WE are in a conference call withNORAD and will make the issue at DEN known.AGL: Still owe AAT-20 8020's. Need from Indy ARTCC.FAX toDOJ| |

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AAT-1 adv ised all that media rumors regarding the start time for usin g the airspace are justthat, rumors . Unt i l th e secretary of transportation makes an announcement regarding thismatter , no times wi l l be given. He reiterated th e security position that airspace w ill not openuntil all airports are in compliance wi th the previsions of the security document.Frank: fax! 1 issues for the Washington Post to verify is this is correct.AK is a no fly zone and have to include procedures of a life flight. Need a discreet beaconcode, route of flight.

. Security Lee Almyer - Canadian continuation flights wil l be allowed in. The airports do nothave to be in compliance. No new pax on board. We now have to come up w ith a procedure.ATCSCC is w o r k i n g wi t h N O R A D , N A V C A N A D A , an d secur i ty on this.Tony W yl ie : There are over 700 flight plans that haven' t been closed since yesterday. Theyar e requesting to go out and get people.W e are still, in the process of having a t e lcon w i th NO RAD , but w h a t ha s been determined sofa r is tha t al l military wil l be talking to the ARTCCs and under ARTCC control fo r separationservices. This wi l l be the same procedures that they have alw ays been in the past.FEMA w an ts a TFR over FEMA head quarters. This doesn' t fall und er the parameters of aTFR. Ted G r a h a m j | There isaTFR over thepentagon and P56Dave read th e Secretary Mineta w eb site announcement of a l l ow i ng flights in limitedc ircumstances.ASW : Doug Murp hy: NBAA message on flight information on the w eb site. The ATCSCCshould look at this. It may be causing confusion.ATCSCC Do you have a flight from PIT to DCA? PIT is che ckin g but they are not awareof anythin g r ight now. There was a flight being worked by Indy Center.FAA Flight Check 71, 72, 58 have coordinated to do flight check at Clev eland , Minn eapolisw i t h a stop in St. Louis , an d Fayetteville.Do the same rules apply to the aircraft that w ere displaced in Tijuana airport an d want tocome back in to the US. Secur i ty still has to inves t igate th e Mexican s ide. The current policyis only fo r Canadian aircraf t .Reposi t ioning issue: Jeff m et wi th Security: aircraft that have diverted to Canada, aircraftca n divert back to the US to original dest inat ion, but the airport in US does no t have to be incompliance. At this point there is no re laxing on the security fo r repositioning aircraft.Canadian airports security measures are approved by the U S for the USA d estined aircraft.Frank: Black box has been located in Sommerset , PA .IAD C apsule (Security) requests the release of the voice tape fo r AAL77. Dave approved therelease.Smiley asked if the NOTAM declaring no flight showed be cancelled. Reggie told Dan totalk to Jack Kies, an d allow him to draf t a NOTAM fo r publicat ion that wi l l replace th e otherNOTAMS . Author i ty wi l l be FAR 91.139.Debbie is asking if NEADS is being evacuated. The report w as confirmed by ATCSCC.AEA is asking for internal release of aircraft and w hether or not DoD is being consulte d.Jack K. asked if the security approval by FAA to N A V C a n a d a is being coordinated withDoD.Security approved ferry flights to Canada, and Mexico diversions are still pending. The USairport does not need to be approved for this separation.New Jersey airports are under state of emergency and NOTAMed the airports closed.

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Debbie asked how the Towers/airports are going to be advised that the ferry f lights ar eapproved.ANE is asking how the DoD issue regarding ASIO i s going to be handled.Bill was informed that the New Jersey airports are closed. Frank is going to try to get theNew Jersey Gov. will be contacted to see if the NOT AM can be removed or amended.Dave discussed the coordination procedure for the fl ights that will be departing into Canada.Dave briefed on the mil i tary agreement to allow fo r control of their aircraft.Bil l asked for a time to hear th e NORAD coordinat ion, ZOB stated that NORAD iscoordinating for a telcon. They are current ly having a Telcon to complete th e issues.AW P said that Sa.i Joss airport man agem ent is say ing the airport wil l not open unt i ltomorrow. Coordination with Canada may need to be accomplished.ASW is asking for a l ist of dest inat ion airports that th e aircraf t in Canada wi l l be proceedingto .Paul said that th e air l ines have advised; , they wil l give the CS and N#s for the ferry f lights toth e ATCSS or this office.Ben in the ATCSCC asked for a confi rmat ion of the reasons airl ines will be ferrying aircraft.Paul will get the answer.B en said that th eir opinion is mil i tary a i rcraf t should be fi l ing f l ight plans to and from th eCAPs. Dave agreed and said that the telcon sho uld clear this issue up. Bil l explained wha tth e process will be and re-stated that the telcon shou ld clear this up.Bil l asked Frances, ASO-530, what their process is in regard to the release of aircraft. FedExis making cal l s t rying to see what is going on. Frances will look into this.Paul said that th e ferry fl ights can take th e crews to Canada and then re turn withoutpassengers.Bi l l clarified that th e repositioning f l ights must meet th e security process, and the Canadianf lights are approved to arrive.Bi l l asked Frank for the status of the New Jersey NOTAMSmiley passed a l ist of ANE airports that are ready to open ac cording to airport ma nage men t;MHT, PVD, PWM, BVT, BGR, BDL, ACK.ASW advised that th e NBAA convent ion ha s been postponedPaul advised that th e ferry aircraft will be allowed to land an y aircraft.Sa n Jose will not reopen unti l tomorrow.Ann Moore briefed on the NORAD telcon; there will be another telcon at 6:00 Icl.ATCSCC asked if AGL will be able to accept the aircraft from Canada.Denny in AGL is holding a telcon regarding th e Canada aircraft.ATCSCC asked about EW R, Frank answered that the airport will open at 1900 Icl an d wil lhave complied with the security measures. The airport will be able to accept the diverts, andis awaiting the FAA security clearance fo r normal Ops.BOS advised that they w ill not accept the diversions and remain closed unt i l 4pm tomorrow.ANE is attemp ting to clarify the situation.AGL advised that they w ill be able to accept al l divert aircraft.Mike briefed on the issue regarding the NORAD issue. He said that they are working theissue an d that althou gh the western sector is working automatically, the work is not complete.

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Dave asked for the status of the Alaska coordination for the internal flights. T he issue is stillbeing worked and needs to be coordinated with NORAD. Ann Moore will work on this.Culberson and DoD are work ing th e NORAD issue at NEADS. There is supposed to be atelcon at 6pm. They are supposed to be working the separation issue and also th e flight planissue. They also have th e Alaska issue now.FBI has asked to interview controllers at ZDC. This will take p lace tomorrow .Frank is going to cancel the NOTAMS on airport closures in AEA. This will no t affect th eUS NOT A M on release.A GL asked if an aircraft can be released that will no t enter US airspace Canada-Canada.Nancy advised thr.t th e aircraft in Cana dian airspace can be released as long as they do notpenetrate US airspace, however, the DoD and NAVCanada should be advised.ANE is asking if the aircraft inbound to BOS can be sent to other airports. A CI advised thatZOB advised that at 6pm the NOR AD issue should be complete.ATCSCC wants to implem ent Phase 1 of their plan whic h includes the acceptance ofCanadian aircraft an d emergency aircraft.Frank advised that another bui ld ing has collapsed, in addition an other buildin g appears to beabout to collapse.ATCSCC advised that an agreement is about to be signed that will term inate theSCANTANA procedures, They will advise when it is completed.AG L advised that 7 airports can accept the Ca nadia n aircraf t. ORD can accept the Can adianaircraft, but may have a problem with th e reposi t ion aircraft.DoD asked if they ca n have a number so that they ca n provide Aegis radar presentations tothe FAA.AEA asked if aircraft from Bermuda ca n return. They were told that this has not beenapproved an d that they will be considered.ANE is asking for info on aircraft into BOS. The only US aircraft we show is AAL 109Jeff asked for a prin t out of all aircraft currently on file.ANE has advised that BOS Massport will only accept the 4 diversion aircraft. This will bedone by agreement.A W P wants to know if aircraft diverted to Guam ca n return to their departure point, an d alsoca n they reposition aircraft within th e islands.ANE reported AA L 9000 landed BOS at 2147z.The ATCSCC reported that there are 342 flight plans in the system.AWP asked if a Dynaste aircraft in HNL can return to the Republic of China. The Presidentof the country is on board.ATCSCC asked for a secure line.The first ferry flight will be a Korean flight from ORD to Minneapolis .ANE is still looking fo r relief for the aircraft from Bermuda. A total of five US aircraft ar erequesting to return.IAD and EWR ha ve been certified by security. Aircra ft are en route.LAS, RNO, PHX have been certified by security.(EAR, MCK) were also certified.TOL, LAP, CWA, MKE, RST, DLH, GFK, GRB, FSD, FA R were all certified.

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PHX no longer certi f ied .JFK, PIT, ATL certified by security.Cal l received from FBI, possible unkno wn aircraf t inbound to Washington.DTW and C M I certified.Threatcon Level C level began at 1 800.D EN acceptance rate is amended from 60 to 50.Bi l l Peacock discussed the opening of airports and how we begin to move some t raffic. DickPeterson stated that they are prepared to accept any flights from Canada. Port Author i ty ofChicago has levied a lot of requirem ents that we are w orking with Kies and the PA is wor kingwith th e air l ines to ge t manifest/passenger issues.A EA advised that N A V C A N A D A ha s some fl ight plan restrictions that will keep Al Italiafrom f ly ing even though we are accepting th e f l ights .Ellis requested estimate of SEA security clearance.Jus t ice departm ent inquired about a flight from PHX/SAN/SLC/JFK, get t ing word that JF Kwil l not accept/closed. Mike McCormick said JFK is open.HNL/SAT certified by securi ty .Bil l Buck passed Horizon Air and FedEx call signs of diverted fl ights.BGR/MHT/PVD/ACK/BED/PWM security cert i f ica t ion com pleted .ICT/OMA security cert i f ica t ion com pleted .Inquiry as to whether YNG was cert i f ied .LGA security cert i f ica t ion completed .SAN/PSP/LGB/SBA/CRQ/IPL/IYK/OXR/SBP/SMX security certification completed.ORD Notam 'ed closed, open only when tower says ferry in bou nd, but request man efes t .SCANT ANA cancelled except in Alaska.ANC security certification completed.SCANT A NA cancelled in Alaska.ASO advises that a hotel that is 150 yds. from the center has received a bomb threat. ZTLsecure.Check ha ulers are au thorized.JNU securi ty cert i f ica t ion com pleted.MEM security certification completedZTL bomb threat cancelled.Per ATS-2, fax copy of airport list that have com pleted security certifica tion to ATA andNAVC ANAD A. (every hour)AAL lettin g lifeguar d flight s go w itho ut transponders by work ing directly w ith the center.O'Hare w on ' t accept ferry flights unti l the intern ation al situatio n is cleared up.DFW security certification completed.SecLvl C setAWP stated the an aircraft coming to pick-up the Prime Minister of Australia is going to HNLan d asking if approved. Sabra K aulia is researching for approval.

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FAA security has information from Galloway Co. Sher i f fs department that a C172 typeaircraft is circling Calloway nuclear power plant 1 5 southeast of Colum bia, Mo. At lowalti tude.Quan tas 4 has approval to depart HN L with the Prime Minister.Elite 191 a scheduled flight from EW R to Canada refused approval for departure. Is not adiversion or relocation. H as passengers on board.After mu ch discussion with security, domestic diversions allow ed to con t inue to originaldestination with manifested passengers.Received updated list of airports w ho have completed the secu rity certif ication process. It isnow over 100 airportsAircraft observed in vacin ity of Callow ay, Mo. Thou ght to be N8817Z, a wh ite C172 wi thgreen and gold stripes. Air craft reported to be f lown by a d is t raught man who left a suicidenote before departing Washington Co. airport. Aircraft landed back at Washing ton .Dynasty 017D is approved to operate in accordance with advisory 4 from HNL.

Com mand Center advised that State and Air Force ha d approved departure fo r IAF161, B707from Dover AFB. Departure w as approved.A G L reports that O'Hare will remain closed except fo r Life Guard and mili tary flightsrequiring fuel.Fort Leanord Wood (TEN) and B alt imore Washington In ternat ional (BWI) securi tycertif ications completed.Com mand C enter requested approval for China Air 5787, a domestic diversion Fairbanks toJF K requesting a fuel stop at Seattle. Request w as coordinated with security an d approved.AAT-1 released general aviation an d unscheduled part 135 fo r operations within th e state ofAlaska. No operations across the state bound ary is authorize d.Command Center sending DOT press release about resumption of normal operations toNAVCanada .Seattle security certification completed.

Security issues need to be addressed by FAA Security. If we have an airplane that wants totake off and land and it does no t affect security , shou ldn ' t an aircraft be able to move? If anaircraft wants to go from point a to point b and the airports ar e open, and the airports are upan d runn ing , and no pax are traveling, shouldn't we be allowing them to travel?Houston w on't let the Fort H ood tra ining aircraft depart.The certified airport list that was faxed on 0400 is the latest everyon e has. Once w e get a newlist, w e will fax to everyone, www.fly .faa.govAn aircraft, GA , wan ts to go to Canada. Are they accepting aircraft? NA V CAN ADA ,according NOTAM # is not accepting aircraft. Restrictions are on flights fo r emergency, etc.The N AS w ill open to all flights beginning at 1500z.Nothing airborne from Canada to USA at this t ime. One last night to DFW and one to BOS.Jean LeCuer from Canada. Transport Canada needs a t imeline from us for an overfl ight .Charlotte Bryan from Aviation Command Center is asking this.Indy Center and Indy Tower - a US postal facility on the airport received a bomb threat.

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HQ and Regions from ATCSCC: upd at ing the web page that we are post ing advisories andNOTAMS between the updates. W e will only update for m ajor airports due to traffic on thewe bs i te . This wi l l be the sole source of info fo r NOTAMS.M i a m i is certified and on the list. A new revised list is on the way to us. The w eb site is:www.faa.govZNY p repared a list of routes that will be closed due to operations in altrvs.GA: the Secretary o f Transportation has ordered the system to be open to all com m ercial andpr ivate aviat ion beginning at 1 100 EDT.Airport readiness report: ANM needs an othe r 15 m inu tes to prepare report.Changing fl ight plan numbers in cont rad i c t ion to the NOTAM . These were worked andapproved at very high levels last nigh t .Fax i ng a list of airports to c o m m a n d c e n te r tha t have been secur i ty c leared, any rest r ic t ions onth e use of airport, i .e. gridlock, an d open to operations.NAV CANAD A and TRANS CANADA is wai t ing to m ake a sta tem ent that aircraft are ableto enter USA. Can we let aircraft land at airports that haven't be certified? Security islooking at this . T he airc raf t wil l have to file an al ternate . The Security office does not w a n tan airc raf t to land if the airport is not cer t i f ied. As far as AT is conce rned , it is up to the pi lotand airports.Still l ook ing for the list from AWP to ATCSCC on certified airports. It is on the w a y .ANM send ing the updated l ist to ATCSCC on certified airports.H as ATCSCC been able to talk to Nav/Transport Canada and are you work ing the issue. Yes.ATCSCC: can you please have som eone fax us a forecast on the hurr icane. Or Miam iARTCC c an you give us an update? ATCSCC i s get t ing someone on th is. This is beingf ax ' d to us.Dayton i s not an aircraft w e show as being certified per B ob Everson who is working withSecur i ty . A T H Q shows it as cleared. It is on the list. DAYTON IS CERTIFIED ! - p ersecurity.ASO has guidance from th e ATCSCC that the GA is not able to depart at 1100L. Advisory17 - extension of one hour to bring us to 1500z. Revert to Secretary's position tha t allcom m erc ia l and GA flights are to be operat ional beginn ing 1 100 EDT.JFK is ready for inbou nds. Ops norm al a t 1100.AGL: Is AAT-20 col lec t ing an ym ore voice tapes fo r contrac t towers that m ay have ha a 21-5? Checking:ACE: Down to 7 airports that are not cleared. As of 1 000 it is up to the airports and securi tyto work through these issues now . If we have a NOTAM closed airport then w e will c o m p l ywith the NOTAM. Otherwise we proceed as we did previo usly.NAV CANADA is stil l in a l imited operation.ATCSCC Clarification of whether to issue clearance to closed airports. W e do not issueclearanc e to an airport that is NOTAM'd c losed. I f we have the inform at ion we need to giveit to the pilot. If we do not have th e i n forma t ion of a closed airport, then w e can ' t g ive it tothe pilot. I t then is up to the pilot to know .Jeff to Suggestion fo r airspace over National: Need to put out a NOTAM with a regulatory innature as informational. Airspace is closed to c ivi l ai r traffic N39 and 3 lifeguards areinbound to National Airport. They are inbound now to the airport. They are fixed wing .They are not allowed to land at Nationa l.

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Approx. 25 south west of Baltim ore an aircraft was forced dow n by military . This is at a fieldnear BWI.BW I and IAD ops normal and staffing good.ASO has answer for Florida.ASW: a new list on the way to ATCSCC on open airports.ATCSCC: we need to follow up on the International Principal Security Co uncil in B RX thathas a limitation on flights into the US. The first Canadian inbound is UA a B767 to JFK.Peter Challen: GA are not going at 1 100 EDT. Although this is contradictory to the Minetaannouncemen t . M r. Mineta said G A wil l be sometime later.ASO: a humanitar ian effort to get people out of Florida - due to the Hurricane in theAtlant ic .JoEl len: Start calling the airports and the AFSS to call the uncontrolled airports to makecertain all know that neither IF R nor VFR GA's are allowed to fly anytime soon.ASO- AFS is help ing get the word out. If GA aircraft are airborne we need to provideservices as a safety issue. If GA is on an IFR f l ight plan we need to work them.Cessna 1 52 at President 's ranc h was chased dow n and pilot in custody. Climbed to 2500 feet.LG A evacuated due to bomb threat. They are relocating.Only GA's fo r exceptions should be f ly ing , i.e. life guards, etc.There are about 20-25 airplanes that fall into the GA realm who have been told to checkDL9914 - des t inat ion of ORD. Kansas City is l ooking for a diverting airport since ORD isN O T AM ' d closed. ATCSCC is working on getting A G LAAL is open statewide for GA due to humanitarian conditions.9 1 7 B T N O R D O i n Z N Y i s l o c a t e d 1 2 East of Lake Henry and g oing to POU. It is alifeguard.ATCSCC needs an update on the confirmationANM: no restrictions on commercial cargo aircraft at th is t ime.Bomb threat at Richmond. They said they wil l not abando n the tower despite the threat.AEA is trying to contact the tower.N4330U C170 took off from unco ntrolled airport and military forced him to land back at theuncontrolled field.Lang uag e for the GA 's already in the air: "GA operations are not authorized until furthernotice, suggest you proceed to the nearest airport and land. Say your intentions." This wil lbe coming out in a GENOT.ASO and ATCSCC will pass this above info to the SCC.NAV CANADA has lifted th eDO T go t hold of NORAD , J3 ref planes not talkin g to anyone. Also gave warning that G Apilots ar e flying.ANM: If the airport is not on the latest ATCSCC list, then we are not authorized to use it.ATCSCC i s updat ing the web page. Some disconnect in the list of airports. HQ security willoverride the regional security.Richm ond: FBI told Richm ond that i t was one of the towers that a security risk, no bombthreat w as done. All ops are normal.Aircraft on a non-discreet code can fly.

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Bri tannia 008A Gatwick to Orlando, FloridaN 2 (NTSB)wants to leave DCA. The Secretary said there will be no arrivals or departures.Part 1 35 operations - charter - should they weallowed to go? They are filing as N. Theyshould be filing as TN.General part 1 35 operations for the rigs in the Gulf if not part of the emergency evacuation,then it should not f ly, we are checking this out for cer ta in determinat ion. Can they fly on adiscreet code?Status of agreements for the cross-border traffic from ATCSCC.VFR was north bound, turned off the transponder and now south bound, near East Texas.Ops Cen ter to hear all going on in the Ops C enter:2 m il i ta ry are scrambling on a 1200 code. In AWP they are scrambling on discreet codes too.A N E : a lot of reports that th e comm uter a ircraf t is us ing T N call signs and get t ing intodest inat ion airports. If an aircraft filed u n d e r a N call s ign then changing to TN then they arebeing considered GA. If the aircraft files as TN off the airport , then the aircraft can go. Somehumani tar ian flights are flying N. They need to have their life guard mission in remarks.Fort Rutgers helicopters - the mil i ta ry was told to file 175.TGO987 - from lit t le rock to Canada. This is a governm ent a ircraf t . B ased on theguidanceof the Canadian Authori ty, they can go.Mil i tary activity -mis sion essential they can fly as long as they file appropriately.AFS is givin g guidance tha t 135 operators may not operate. Are Part 135 operators includedin the guidan ce? Part 135 operators need to men tion in the rem arks section that they are part135s.Amer ican Eagles flying out of the Bahamas. Wa nt to kno w if that is OK or not.Canadian aircraft can all f ly except cargo.Flight Check 81 was at Laredo. There was a bomb threa t at a hangar. Flight Check 81 isre turn ing to SAT.All AGL airports under part 1 37 are open except 4 airports. ASOFLL - is it open? Yes.Certif ied Airport list - FEMA would l ike a copy of the list. The official source ofinformation is the Web page faa.gov.N A V CA NAD A: airspace delegated to Canada- can we authorize them to operate GA's inthat airspace? Any GA ops in the NAS is restricted. If they own the airspace it is not ourNAS.Bomb Threat at the New Haven terminal. Terminal is across the field from terminal.On FAA.GOV, H Q wil l have the ATCSCC link wil l go to the same web. This now has to bedone manua l ly .Aircraft i n b o u n d to Bradley. It is not a certified airport . Security shows it is certified.Everyone: hold on for the TNs. This issue is being discussed now.Aircraft operating un der parts 121, 129, 135 are all authorized to operate in the NAS. Theyhave to operate IFR. If VFR, they must be on a discreet code.Security: a B747 HZAIF a Saudi in EWR. We do not wan t it to move unt i l security has achance to look throug h it .ATCSCC put out a NOTAM on the N VFR issue. Please fax to HQ.No up date on the aircraft the we lost radar contact on

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Part 135 not certified as secure, are not approved to enter. There is an Alita lia that was notapproved. Internation al can not operate into the US unless they have been ce rt ified.ATCSCC needs a copy of the list.Security- Ross Hamery - Resumpt ion of fl ights of overseas aircraft to US. US carriersserving high security airports have high security needs. 108, 129 Extraordinary airports hasbeen provided. It has been determined that th e securi ty measures for the US-carriers flyingfrom extraordinary airports is adequate. Non-US ai r carriers security measures need to beamended. No 129 foreign carriers have approval to come into the US now. W e must haveconf i rmat ion that their securi ty is updated . No non-U S carriers from extraordinary airportsar e permitted in the US. BRX: Europe has released aircraft to depar t for the US A. 70 flightsinbound f rom Europe. How m a n y foreign country carriers and how far are they? Z NY andANE are checking . .GA - type aircraft that are IFR are OK. They must be commercial and have a discreet beaconcode. The Grand Cany on f l ights - AWP: can they hav e discreet codes?Part 13 5 Departing Miami fo r Bermuda, they can go.Part 135 and helicopters they can go VFR but have a discreet beacon code.ZNY: no aircraft past the point of no re turn. One air carrier is one hour out.AWP: LAX is only let t ing pre-coordinated with airport in to th e airport until 1200pdt.Z N Y : 17 aircraft i nbound from international . 5 active f lights . Speedbird 213? Bri tannia172A, Bi rm in gh am and Gatwick 9215A BLX to FLL; TAP 13 15 Lisbon - JFK The first on eis a foreign carrier and one hour from point of no return. AAL has none. ASO has none.ATCSCC has 2 Bri tannia flights that are not past th e point of no return. AWP has no inboundforeign carriers, no N or GA's . ANE: no inbound, all on the gro un d . ASWFt. Chappy has a restricted area. Joellen: call Alton Scott's office.Spokane A irport is OK with region to be cert ified. ATCSCC is OK with the airport thenbeing certified.There are 2 lists. One is security cleared. The other is put out by the ATCSCC whichincluded security cleared an d also Air Traffic cleared are yo u open fo r business, an d readyfor aircraft to depart .ASO: Governor of a state of Mexico wants to return to Mexico. It is a gov't aircraft departingth e country. Released.Situation in STL - Cl 80 VFR departed and enroute to Wash i n g t o n DC. N2998K. Mili tarylooking into this. Aircraft refused to land.Richmond: Threat to airport. Airport authority wil l be closed except for extraordinary flights.A skeleton crew will operate unti l Mo n day . NO T AM to come out. Still open fo r Military an dem erge ncy in. The pla n is to keep 4 controllers a nd 1 sup in the facility .Orlando terminal is evacuat ing. A suspicious package in the terminal.A A L : FA X # to send th e airport status! jNOTAM fo r Nat ional needs to be run through Reggie.ZNY: What is closest aircraft. Brittainia 529A an d Speedbird 88 A Estimated 1 V i hour fromboundary. ..

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| |todiscuss andmake changes to thelist ofcertified airports andairport security.167 c210 N22224 pilot was arrested when landed at unsecured airport.Logan: Around 7pm we will have another updateCincinnati Center is tracking Cessna 2998K. Aircraft departed STL. An Air Force Rep ishooked up with Bill Ellis. The Secretary is par t icular ly in this one.Can an aircraft departing unsecured airports and landing secured airports and vice versa.:Security: If carrying pa x t h e n it needs to be a part 10 7 certified airport. Aircra f t ca n onlycome into the GA area but can not come over to the 121 side.Mil i tary t ra in ing f l ights are being approved unde r discreet codes .Is the Secretary on the te levis ion s tat ing that G A fl ights are gong on now? N o.If aircraft a re par t of the original divers ion fl ights they a re al lowed back in . ATCSCC -AA9036 and AA9018 airborne to ORD from Canada . ORD has no approval fo r t hem to l and.They are not ferry fl ights. W e need to gel l an d i n gau thor iza t ion .Par t 135 ops secured to non -secured airports will not be allowed to return.Rocket l aunches (c iv i l i an tests) prohibited unti l fur ther notice.A SW - congress ional interes t in get t ing crop-dust ing approved.GA i s i n u n d a t i n g sys tem with f l ight plans due to a W h ite House press conference. Jeff G .informed.Rocket l aunch au thor iza t ion is at regional level.N2998K, C180, Blue/White : ZID handed off to Hunt ing ton to CR W , not talking to anyonesince Z K C told him to l and . W e will con t inue to track if possible. Airport operations andAFSS told him not to go.AWP: Foreign flag carriers carrying U S workers between th e is lands . Advised that theyca nno t return to US airspace once they leave it .N2998K 6000ft 190nm west of DC, N O R A D will be notified by ZDC for scramble.AeroM exi co l006 , par t of or iginal diver t, approved Stevensvil le , CN to M exico City.A W P inter-island (1606) is military contract charter base to base.Threat Con "C" fo r CONUS. Threat Con "D" fo r selected no n CONUS locat ions .Governors wa nt to f ly GA aircraft, (not approved)U S Pan 135 operations allowed into and out of the US. This over rides th e extra-ordinaryairport guidance.N2998K 15W of EKN NORAD not ifyedCheyenne ATCT evac due to fire alarmsAA9036 approved into ORD. AA9018 ha s not.Non-ext raordinary airport departures for US flag carriers will be approved by security basedairline an d departure airport.AA9018 is ahead of AA9036.Canadian flag carriers are free to come and go in the US NAS airspace.AA91 1 ok into BOS.N2998K NOR AD is intercept ing. 42 E7EKN 6300ft.AA9018 approved into O R D .

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JFK, LGA, & EWR immediate ground s top.AA9018 says company w i l l not lev him go to ORD and to remain in Canad ian airspace.ATCCC w i l l coordinate w i th A A LN2998K 74nm f rom DC . We w ant the a i rcraf t forced to l and . AEA w ants the intercept .JFK, LGA, EW R wi l l accept what is in th e air,otherwise only la w enforcement , medica l.emergency, ...etc. 8/5/9 aircraft to the airports.NQRAD w i l l in tercept when he gets approx. 20nm closer .A A 9 0 1 8 i n b o u n d to ORD..Update: JFK 10 , LGA 6 , EWR 10 ai rcraf t i n b o u n d .N2998K 60 mi l e s out i n b o u n d to DC area.W h i t e m a n A FB base C o m m a n d e r wi l l no t r educe th e size o f TFR137A.N2998K,on t he g round M ar t i n sburg . Law en fo r cemen t and AEA secur it y adv i s ed .Spt . Evans! 1Brian Cheval ier CASFO/FLt| |W i l l not a l l ow i nbound US registered Part 135 toland Ft. Lauderdale , Fl .Guid ance provided to Br ian Cheval ier to a l l ow US registered Part 135 aircraft to land in USBil l Buck rel ieves David SpragueClar if ica t ion on Part 121 and Part 13 5 -Part 12 1 good on ly secure to secure airport . Part 13 5good secure to secure airport an d secure to unsecured airport .Ground s top to BOS disregard BOS is no t openedc l a r i f i ca t ion f rom ATSCC.Jackson Hole ARP RT requ es t ing secur ity s ta tus of airport have Part 121 aircraft requestingto l and.Jackson Hole A R PT cleared

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Secur i ty c lar i f ied that Berm uda i s a non-ext raordinary a i rport .ANM-530 is there a w aiv er on f l igh t crew t im e restrictions? A O PA is askin g. Advised toha ve A O PA to contact local FSDO office.Stewart Airport is cleared-st i l l checking on the s ta tus of TEBClarificat ion - A /C diverted to Bermuda ar e exempt to restrict ionsRequesting securi ty status of BJC-Jef fco A ipor t , Denv er CO - A n s w e r - not on the Part 107List.AAL9026 a divers ion reques t ing Bermuda to M IA- He is a diversion recovery an d cleared togo.A SO technical quest ion - refurbished aircraft that belongs to a f lag carrier but w a n t s to go outas an "N". Operates u nde r Part 91 - Answer- not clearedPentagon is w o r k i n g the W h i t e m a n AFBTF R issue - see 1709 entryBil l El l is advised that the CMC w i l l remain open fo r another 24 hours

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ROPER 88 car rying FEMA e q u i p m e n t in bound to E W R . ATCSCC l if ted restriction to a l lowa/c to l and .Bom b Threat received at MEM ARPRT terminal tower/radar not affectedD O D advised that they would reduce th e n u m b e r of combat ai r patrols to 2- 1 over NY and 1over DC. The rest will be on strip alert.ASO requ est ing s tatus of TFR at the K i n g Bay Sub Base, Jacksonvil le , FA. ATCSCC w i l lwork this issue and advise.Secur i ty request ing ATCSSC a l ist of all A/C w e turned around today- DOT SEC isreques t ing. The AEA A /C are:BAL088A, BAL172A BAL529A, BLX987, TAP1315,IC E 615, ICE643, ICE653, ICE633.AEA request ing info f rom AN M about AAL16, departed SFO enroute to JFK. Currently overDEN and i s t u rn in g around. AEA w ants to know why?Answ er to 1918 en try - ANM advised AAL 16 t u rn in g around because of the ground s top atJFK.

Advised that AAL a i r l ines ar e r e fus ing to operate at OME, OTZ, SCC and B R W . Alloperates ar e cer t if ied secure. Confus ion about th e certif ied list.ASO advises security issue at MIA ARTCC person held fo r ques t ion ing fo r proper gu ncontrol issue. Security Level DEFCON Delta now at MIA ARTCCATCSCC advises website - www.f ly. faa.gov/cer t if iedaipor ts /airpor t_l is t . Se e entry 1927ATCSCC gives exemp t ion for 2 separate GA aircraf t - Bi l ly Graham and his son on board.Any aircraf t inbou nd from Canad a to US w ith the #s 14.Quest ion -Can an Au stral ian mil i tary aircraf t bound to JFK with suppor t personnel -A n s w e r - approved to enter airspaceAW P advises LAX TWR is receiving a MAYDAY ca l l f r om an A/C iden t i fy ing itself asSKYWEST A/C 10-mile f inal LAX. LAX advises al l A/C ar e accounted for.ATCSCC advises no A/C Canada to US with #14 in cal ls ign. See entry 1936See entry 1943 - Calls ign is Air Canada CYVR 1 14, B767ASO advises Security an d ATCSCC that M EM Approach advises hel icopter hover ing by theGILMORE VOR-no other information avai lableH D Q s advises ATCSCC that 4 Canadian fl ights ar e approved by security to enter the US -ICE615, ICE643, ICE633, ICE653A W P advises bomb threat caller states next bomb threat will be at LAS. Time of call 1536.ACE advises increased interes t in 137 operat ions - HDQS answerATCSCC advises th e website is ge t t ing to many h i t s an d l os ing informat ion . wil l now goto advisor ies . Advisor ies wil l go out on the hour an d lh hour .HDQS advises th e f our IC E aircraf t ' s ar e diver ts an d they do not know th e des t ina t ion . Seeentry 1954AEA advises the dest inat ions are JFK, B W I , BOS, and MSP - seeentry 2004. Working onfacilities with ground stopsAEA to ATCSCC - No ICE aircraft into JFK. Se e entry 2005

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HDQs to AW P - relay i n fo to operator in H awa ii - do n ot al low Part 91 operator to operateover Hawaiian airspace.Bomb Threat at MEM Terminal has been resolved and the t e rm in a l has returned to normal .See entry 1900A SO advises Security has cert if ied all ASO airports. All ASO airports are open.TAI8580 landed safelyA NE gives BOSARPRT update - sti l l workin g through secur i ty requirement . Does not lookl ike i t wil l open this even in g. Will accept aircraft on a case by case basis with advancedi nformation.A EA request ing clarification on f l ight res t r ic t ions - can a char ter aircraft that departed the USto a foreign location return to the US?AWP advises SFO reported Bomb Threat at the Del ta termina lAEA ZNY reports watching a primary target located 106 S of the ISP airport, slow moving,paralleling Long Is land.A SO advises that the, FLL airport police report a suspicious pa ckag e i n concou rse F .ANE advises that BOS ARPRT will n ot al low an y foreign carriers to l and at the airport un t i lfurther not ice. See ent ry 2005 an d 2024ASO advises the FLL ARPRT situation has been resolved and the concourse has reopened.See entry 2033 ,A EA advises that th e Port Authority of NY/NJ wil l n ot allow an y operat ions at JFK, LG Aan d EWR for the r emainder of the evenin g . Ground stops are to stay in place except fo remer gency s i t ua t ion sor prior approval.Update on the Mar t insburp A R P R T incident- the FBI hav e arrested a man and women inregard to th is inc ident . Contact number is| |See en t ry 1720ZN Y reports Level 5 thunderstorms in the area w ith tops to FL 450. Traffic i s deviat ing.Update for AEA regarding quest ion on charter f l ight s- see e n t ry 2026. Charter f l ight s m ayoperate as long as they operate in accordance with current restrictions in place.HDQs OPS Center advises Oakland ARPRT is cer t i f ied.HDQs OPS Center advises FBI has approved a mercy f l ight from AVA Aviation out of TEBARPRT dest ined to Cal i fo rn i a . T he purpose of the f l ight is to pick up family members ofBarbara Olsen. Contact number ! [1 1Airport Advisories from the.ATCSCC is current. The website is not current.Update on SFO Bomb threat - AWP advises th e te rmina l is secure. See entry 2027AWP advises that 2 JA L Cargo f l ights departed Japan for Guam. Secur i ty checking on thisissue.HDQs OPS Center advises no restrictions on foreign cargo f l ights. See entry 2129B O S Updatfe - ANE advises that BOS ARPRT w i l l rem ain closed until further notice exceptwith proper approval. No further updates u n t i l 7am.ATA-2 provides guidan ce what will be an upcom ing change. Expect change wi thin 24 hoursthat will al low Canadia n f lagship f lights leavin g Canada to over f l ight US airspace enroute toa foreign airport.Security advises that all EL AL fl ights from an y departure point into the US are approved togo-

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Update on JAL Cargo f l ights Security advises 3 flights from Japan to Guam are approved.Se e entry 2129ANE reports of a low flying aircraft over the Yankee Nuclear Plant near Vernon, Vermont.Local Police have been notified.HDQs OPS Center reports th e Pentagon is on fire.AN E update on low f ly ing aircraft- fighters hav e scrambled - aircraft appears to be f ly ingtowards Turner Falls Airport. See entry 2203.Bomb threat at Charleston ARPRT, South Carolina a combined civilian and militaryins ta l la t ion. Bomb threat reported in the civi l ian terminal and a non-specific threat on themilitary side of the base.Update on ANE low f ly ing aircraft issue - fighters have intercepted the aircraft but can notdetermine if the aircraft landed at Turn er Falls ARPRT. Local police have been notified andenroute to the airport. See entry 2218.Update on Charleston S.C. Bomb threat - s i tuat ion u nder control and all is clear. Seeentry2224.Update on ANE low f lying aircraft issue - local police and airport manager of Turner FallsARPRT checked the airport perimeter and run wa ys but could not locate the aircraft. Seeentry 2239.ATCSCC received a report from a pi lot (AF Lt Katcher from Grand Forks, M I) that ZD C133.175 i s being jammed .ATCSCC provided WX briefing - tropical storm expected to hit the eastern Florida coastaround 1500z. Estimated win ds in excess of 60 knots. Flooding is expected.Unconf i r med reports that NW A pilots attempted to test th e screening process at PHX ARPRTby runnin g th rew th e metal detectors with knives.

ASC confirmed the PHX NWA pilots did attempt to enter sterile area.Kaul ia relayed a message from the S I COS, stating that i f the PHX incident was thought to beintent ional test, the COS has a strong preference toward arrest an d prosecution.AEA inqu ir ing about a flight N17 JK, that was proposed out of CAP to LAX, FBI w ant toknow about the aircraft, does not show up on ASD.Deputy Com mission Harris for the city of Chicago has rescinded the land ing autho rization forAAL9030 due to FBI intelligence that th e f light was a risk.AGL also asking about AAL9022 also departed Canada en route to ORD. Does this aircrafthave approval to land at ORD.Kaulia advised that the issue with AAL9030 is that the city of Chicago has not received theirrequired ma nifest. I t is not a issue of a threat aircraft. City of Chicago/FBI/NORAD/AAL isdiscussing.AG L received word from City of Chicago, AAL9022 does have approval to land at ORD.AAL9030 is now an issue between AAL an d the city of Chicago.Security person from Tokyo w ant a POC in FAA Hq, issued ASC number .AEA advised that the flight N17JK did depart CAP en route to LAX at 2030.AG L advised that AAL9030 now has permission to land at ORD per the D. Comm Harris.ATCSCC stated FDC1/9879 an d 1/9877, same NOTAMs but one is international. Thesereplace yesterday's NOTAMs about condition and NAS.

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Security has approved JAL and all Ni p p o n a i rwa ys to operate to/from al l departure points toth e U.S.JAL (3 fl ights) Narita to Guam approved by security.A n d y Kuse, FAA security, called to pass ca l l signs of approved JA L f l igh ts .Alaska RENOT 01/008 issued 9/14 allows GA operations to/from Canada. .ATCSCC: 83 and 85 have been cancelled. 88 - i n t ' l and 89 are in effect.AAL: When you do RENOT on traffic in Canada, please fax to HQ and ATCSCC.AEA: NY metro towers wi l ! be opening som et ime after Sa mNYN JP A wi l l h a v e a meet ing at Sam today to determine th e N Y/N J operation. Mili tary helosin the NY area to ping the wreckage.G 4 - sent to us by Secur i ty - they are f ly ing f rom USA to Ireland. Their company filed themas a N. Asked if they should re-fi le as a TN. Advised t h ey should contact their AFSS an drefile.AEA: 17JK left at 2105z and landed no icident.Contacted Security to ask them to send th e outside aircraft calls to the Regions.HQ to AEA: Would like to do night check of LGA ILS and JFK VOR today. Th e weather isnot very good, AF1 and pol ice helos . Otherwise A FS n e e d s to coordinate wi t h AEA for theFlight CheckCamp David to ld ZD C that t h ey wa n t a 20 NM ra d i us a ro un d Ca mp Da v id TFR'd 12500 an dbelow. This has been in effect al l evening . Z N Y shows an ALTRV around Camp David upto 13500 an d FL200 to FL250 fo r mili ta ry. There is no TFR out now but need one. Theyw a n t a 40 m ile radius. N orth East Air D efense (H untress). N eed someone in FAA to draw thison achart . Commercial ! | Cleveland Center: The 40 mile rad ius willbe close to the MGW .airport and see if t h i s has an impact on their com me rcial ops.UPDATE: Camp David is a 5 NM radius. Th e Mili ta ry wants to increase th e rad ius to 20N M . 1 li s th e n u m b e r to ca l l .A W P t o ATCSCC: What are we l o o k i n g at for t o d a y : 50% normal in A WP . Be t ween nowarid noon will be about 30%.1 \- Jerry Lee - Mil i t arv at N EAD - Frank cal l ing to determine actua l request forC a m p David .AEA: There is no request for an exte nsion of the Prohibited Area over Cam p David. AnALTRV is in effect of FL200 to FL250 for a 20 NM r a d i us on top of Camp David. Mili tary

.Would l ike it to be lowered if possible. ZNY and Cleveland Center to work this issue to see ifif th e a l t i tude can be lowered.LGA ILS Right Check is scheduled fo r 0830.

401QO G-4 from ANC to HPN; N125TN Pastor of Bush; 4 diversion flights from Iceland toU S, B W I and MSP completed . BOS and JFK need to go. FI615 643 653 633 ; Bermuda doesnot have extraordinary status yet; LUF418 in Germa n y and trying to get in - Bill Buck washandl ing this issue; 4 aircraft helped to ground yesterday;Paul Bartko: CEO of Volvo s tuck in TEB. Want to get out. Bus to ABE and get apart 135to take them to Canada.Secur i ty: Mexico: any th ing inbou nd f rom Mexico? UK: Are they accep t ing traffic f rom us?Eurocontrol: Are you on the TELCON?

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N45N Beech 18 t ha t w e n t d o w n in C a na da - Doug Davis needs a copy o f th isPart 121: Can dep art a secured airport and l and at a non-secured airport , but not vice versa.There are no t r a i n ing opera t ions a l lowed because they are done unde r Pa rt 91 .Mexico istold bvAFS to contac t AT.Mexico should ca l l security at ] |JoEllenw i l l advise Mexico.ATCSC C: Foreign Mil i ta ry in to th e c o u n t r y : an en route to IAD. Call sign: French Military1091. NO prohibi t ion agains t foreign mil i ta ry ops in to U SA. D OD w i l l check in to th is .W E m a y h a v e up to 5 GA f lights.Primary t a r ge t f r om M e m phi s to DeW it t Spain outs ide of M e m phi s . As ke d ASO to a ler t th emil i t a ry t h r ough the ATS ce l l a t ATCSCC.ATC SC C shu t do w n a l l depar tures over PHL? Doing reroutes .Boeing Fie ld : a i rc raft wan t to depart . ATC SC C w i l l discuss this in a s ide phone ca l l .Foreign mi l i t a r y f l ight s mus t file their f l igh t t h r ou gh th e Cel l w ho wil l go t h r ough th e statedepar tment for approval .ASW: Al l ian ce Field : w a n t c a r go to leave to a secured airport . .A W P : JAZ 56 off of Tokyo is a pp r ove d . J A L ' s c a rgo c om pa n y is J-W AYSecuri ty : GA 's no t able to mov e. STL: has the a n n u a l rain forest park bal loon racet om or r ow . C an th is cont inue? N o, t h i s is a par t 91 operation.3 foreign carriers i n t o JFK - Swiss Air from LSZ and LGG - do notk n o w if t he y ha vede pa r t e d .An y m o v e m e n t of crop dus t i ng? N o .Secur i ty : GA f l ights in tern a l to AAL: NO T AM 1/9884: a l l AAL GA and par t 135 operatorsa re released fo r fl ights in AAL only an d m u s t file f light p l a n sAppr ova l from secur i ty tha t box h auler s can depar t f rom non -pan 107 airports and go to part-107 airports .I n t e r na t io na l Fer ry Fl ight s in to US from ext rao rdina ry a i rport s a re being approvedi n d i v i d u a l l y .Securi ty : Foreign Carrier al l cargo need to be approved i nd iv id u a l l y .Hel icopter in C h a t an o o g a w a n t s to l eave from hos p i ta l , w a n t s to do a GPS f l igh t check. If itis a N it is d i s a pp r ove d .Doug Davis : W ant the R E N O T for AAL faxed to us.Ref: Helo in Chatanooga: AFS says i t is a part 91 , can not do this . D isapproved.Lisa Stark of ABC w a n t s to k n o w ho w m a n y aircraft are in the air r ight now . There are 1700f lights. N o G A ' s a re author ized.ASO: West Pa lm Beach : the Gove r no r w a n t s to do helo ops due to disas ter management .B R X : on l ine . Need confi rmat ion: Are the European count r ies accept ing f l ight s?Eurocont ro l has no i n f o of European cou nt r ies re jec t ing f l ight s f rom US. 2 pan 91 filed asT N from E n g l a n d to US - USflag carrier - are approved.Helos in ASO for Hu r r icane disas ter m ana gem ent w ould be part of Hur r icane Evacuat ionprocess, is approved.The R E N O T in AAL for GA w as c ha nge d to show tha t they are not authorized between AA La nd C a na da . C a n w e c hec k i n t o e xpa nd i ng th is? This i s going to be brought up , but w e d o n ' texpect a relax in this issue.

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A n g e l f l ight out of NJ: h u m a n i t a r i a n f l igh t . This is author ized.Restricted airspace around Whiteman AFB: TFR NOTA M # 9740 - for 20 miles . Th en wentto 10 miles, then back to 20 miles.AEA trying to get TEB back.ASO: Someone on the phone wants to get her fathe r's remains home. Security is answeringthe questions. They w ill call her back. Hum an organs/blood: Air l ine should cal l 202-493-5105 an d speak with Janet in secur i ty .R e l i a n t 847 left R i c h m o n d and f ly ing to A s p e n . Is t h i s an author ized f l igh t . W e d o n ' t h a v ea n y t h i n g that says i t was author ized.AW P: ABX406- A irborne Express- is being denied l a n d i n g a t O A K . A W P i s ta lking to thefacili t ies.ANE: HQ has had a reques t to keep BTV to be kept open 24 hours . This reques t is com ingfrom th e m i l i t a r y . A N E wil l check i t out . BTV is convers ing w i t h m i l i t a r y and we wil l h a v ean answer in an h o u r .Security: NO T AM offi ce is going to call to verify that th e 135 has to have a discreet beaconcode.ASO: LOU someone said DO D is goi ng to close all GA airports . Ft. K n ox or Ft . Campbel lsaid this .Security: Foreign charter aircraft to come from Frankfort to DTW. What is the process?ATCSCC: please fax a copy of the current l is t of current airports to HQ.There is nothing we can do for a foreign carrier charter.W e c a n ' t f ind any substantiation to the DO D clos ing G A airports . NORAD w as called, etc.General Motors from Frankfurt to DTW understands that they need to fly US carriers770 458 7474 Ji m Casteel wants nat ional park service to do aer ia l enforcement .W e m a y refer an y irate part 91 to Marty Walker x79330.Was BDA added to the extraordinary l ist yet?R el i an t 137 dep RIC for Aspen. Air Force l a u n c h i n g Fl 6s . FBI wil l ta lk with pi lot . Notauthor ized by company. 1340Z expected arrival t ime. They are 10 minutes to land in Aspen.Mike Cirrillo approved th e f l igh t to go from DCA.Transport Canada said that ATC is not accept ing A ir traff ic f l igh t plans from Canadianaircraft for the last few hours. Also they are sayin g the y need dip lom atic clearances. Theyneed to go through the ATS cell who in turn wil l go through the s tate department . There wasone issue that was worked.Someone from HQ asking about what LPD means: It is not relevant to us..Can law enforcement depart N Y metro airports? A EA c h e c k i n gASO: Tri-city radar needs to shut down. Purpose: some cons truct ionM SO airport is certified.ASO: Tri-city shu t down please call Roger Dean. Dy nam ite in groun d since Tuesday. Rogeris call ing ASO to give permission.ASW: AA L needs to take airplanes to Alliance for mainte nanc e. Th en the y wan t to fly as aferry f light back to a secured airport. A ll ferry fl ights ar e approved.All part 121 U.S. cargo have no restrictio ns. per security

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N 4 - hashe departed?ACE: Aler t in the bu i ld in g .W h i t e m a n AFB FL600 and 20 m i les ar e s tatus qu oN4 is now going out as N2; hav e not taxied yet.N2 is not released. A E A needs to coordinate with M W A W on th i s .Secur i ty says th e ai rcraf t from Santa Domingo to San Ju an can not go. This is a part 135aircraft . There are no restrictions on this.ASW: Aircraf t - crop duster - to fly to prevent heal th b reak . Must have a discretet ransponder code. Fly under medical eme rgency .BGM tower evacua t ing due to fire alarm.ATCSCG needs departure point on Justice 307.AEA: N 2: .confusion about w hether or not released from closed DCA not yet authorized.A ga in , Canadian ai rspace cont rolled by US will operate u n d e r U S rules.ATCSCC: N8 3 M (hu m an i t a r ian fl ight from Gatwick not approvedneed more in fo )All faci l i t ies hold voice and radar data from 1 1 Sep 01 U FN or unt i l released by AAT-20.BTV wil l remain open 24/7 UFN.ATCSCC is.keeping list of extraordinary an d non-e x t raord inary ai rpor ts .ATCSCC wil l fa x list of approved in ternat ional flights to Regions.A ll foreign mi l i tary must work through ATCS.N83M - A TCSCC is working this issue.JUD 307 (DOJ) has permiss ion to land J.FK.Need each reg ion to be 1 I pass) [o n telcon to go over issues for therelease of part 91 IFRs at 11 am edt. ini t ialMultiple crop dust ing in southern reg ion.Has South Africa been approved to fly into USA?In t ' l cargo: no restriction from Air Traff icASW: need status of Gov. Keeling out of O K C . The aircraft left last n ig h t . O KL1 ,350. Landed 1340. BeechWhat is the status of airl ines and cancellations?JFK and LGA f l ight che ck is done and passed. JFK is open to FEMA an dTri City airport: was closed from 1424 shut down and return to service 1432. No impac t.Is there an y issue why a British Airways is not allowed out of Houston to London?The Mexican Gov ' t wi l l no t allow U S par t 135 aircraft depart in to the US.AEA: Doug Davis is working the N2 issue out of DCA.AWP: The extraordinary list needs to be f a x e d to themT he governor of NY w ant s to be f ly ing . He is released an d must f ly . W e need to k now w henhe gets airborne.A S W : MS O hasn ' t show n up yet . Wi l l fax an updated l ist .ACE: Back to normal

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AEA: N Y governor is in the air. Need1 to 2 part 1 37 agriculture have no transponder codes nor radios.Pataki to Maguire from Heliport with police helicopter escort. 34th st . heliport depart andpick up president.A N M : ATCSCC has stated NBAA is the web site for part 91 updates. NBA A is sitt ing withATCSCCAEA : All 4 metropo litan airports open for business in accordance with existin g directives.AEA: Frank will call M W A W to get N2 released.D H L needs to get out of Grand CaymanBR X: Security: please call abou t South African Airline s: They ar e certified (1 1 10am) persecurity. They are from station to s ta t ion. T he f l ight they are request ing to take isDHL is approved out of Caymans923L NJ governor 1019L land at ADW.Pataki update: depart between 12 an d 1pmN2: wheels up MWAW coordinated with .Part 137: They are approved by secu rity and DOD. NO RA D has requested one hour toensure all their facilit ies are informed. Therefore th e act iva t ion wil l be 12:15 EDT.ATCSCC is doing the NOTAM.Need ground stop time for Tuesday. 0929 EDT.Med V ac has a FAA f l ight inspector o n board and w ants to do a flight check. This isapproved.Security: 4 Icelandic Air- have they been approved? Y es they were approved to come in .BR X: leave Man chester AIH041P, AIH051P - ferry flights - Airbus - part 129 non-diver t .They are UKregistered - Air Tours Interna t ional . These flights are approved - carrier andairport.Security: Part 121 into non-107 certified airports: It is the responsibility of the aircraft to becertif ied. Also: EW R need to have airport Ids. A ll PANYNJ airports need to beASO: Skydivers: wan t to get off the gro und . Can we get something out that the ops are notapproved.We have D O D request ing TFRs al l over th e country. Reggie Mat thews is the clearing for allTFRs in the country. N o TFRs are to be approved unti l Reggie approves them.NOAA has 13 flights they would like to get airborne. On ly one is in support of the hurricane.Only one can go.Custom officials in Mexico need to contact th e ATCSCC. What is a phone num ber? 703-904-4500ANE: Update on Boston Logan:4 Icelandic flights 615 to JFK, 683 or 633 to BOS, 643 to BWI, 653 to MSP. A ll B757s.ACE: TN 306CF aircraft, part 135. They can fly anyw here in the system. AGL wil l lookinto this.MASS PORT expects to open BOS a t 0500L.TN306CF cannot CLEMex ico is not allowing aircraft to file "TN".

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AGL: FB I requests TW A Express 7820 be stopped (depart ing from Marion IL )ATCSCC advises they a re receiving numerous requests f rom corpora te heads request ingspecial permission for CEO f l ights . ATCSCC is denying, and imagines there will becompla in t s .A GL advises TWA 7820 stopped at gate.French head of state, and 17 FOB awa i t ing release al ready approved.3070 f l ights in systemATCSCC issuing NOT AM to permi t Part 137 ops.A EA says another NOT AM in system; ATCSCC conf i rms .No change on Mexican a irspaceASW has no TFRs.N57HJ has secreta r ia l approval to depart from Manassas-Hansom. Pilot Barry Larson: 7032579587. Wil l notify pilot .A EA Public Affairs office (Laura Brown) saying NYC area airports are still closed. Wereopen at 1057.TW A 7820 has release, bu t st i l l under FBI hold. Marion Tower still ho ld i ng per FBI.Blue Cross Mercy f l igh t Learjet - PANYNJ wants to get a/c in Medvac.Security released TW A 7820.Part 13 7 a/c tha t ferry pr ior to crop dus t ing mis s ion , would be considered Part 91 for legs ofth e f l ight t ha t are no to/from or dur ing crop dust ing miss ion.Mili tary Tra in ing Routes (MTRs) usua l ly use non-discreet codes . Is this OK now ?Icelander 615 to JFK, 643 to BWI, 653 MSP; 6?? BOS?ATCSCC reports NWA909 Cinn to ANC: pilot reported ac ting erratic by ZIN?N2 - FSD vice Boeing FieldNW909 took two 90 degree turns , no problems noted by ZBU. ZBU will continue tomoni tor .Part 137 NOTAM is FDC 1/9906- 9888.China Air is released from SFO.ATCSCC advises tha t DOT w eb s i te has di fferent info than what we have published.MT Rs will cont inue to use 0400 beacon codes.30 advisories since midn igh t are cancell ing ones no longer in effectFDC Notam 9909 cancels 9897.Part 12 1 cargo op s auth ; Part 129 carriers required to comply w i th EA procedures.ATCSCC wil l post latest list of extraordin ary a irports on website.Security approves UK ops to includ e England , Scot land and Wales , and is de te rmin ing ifNorth Ireland will be included as part of UK.D oD has problem with tankers being held a t McGuire and AF1 .Governor Patucky a irborne.Re l iance aircraft in Aspen. Local authorities have people de ta ined . They w a n t to know wha tto do with t hem. NORAD want s to know on a case-by-case basis whether or not to scramble.This i s a DOD call. The DO D in FAA will get in contact with NORAD.

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How m a n y in system today 09 to 1730 landed 6400 an d 3422 in the air cur rent ly.N O R A D an d FAA-ARTCCs were coordina t ing with NORAD w h e n ^aircraft are notcom plying with rules and regulations . Col . Gil l ick: clar i f icat ion o f communicat ions betweenFAA and N O R A D : How much a u t ho r i ty does FA A have t o / scramble. Col . Atk ins isworking this . / jAAL : Report that Almandor f AFB is stil l mainta in ing control of the airspace. AAL ischeck ing . jRelease ofdata should come out ofDave Canoles o f f ice at| |Al mando r f did not request a TFR. We are no r mal ops and s tandard procedures at th i s t ime .There i s a mee t ing with the batt le s ta f f to resolve this issue. The airspace b elong s to FAA.ATCSCC: Who in NORA D said t he F AA sho u l d sc r a rnb l e? NE A D S E AD and NOR AD.No names associated with these reque sts. /HQ: Nancy: rul in g on the UK: UK is i nc ludes Northern I re land, no t the R epu bl ic o f I re land(I reland) . UK = Eng land, Sco tland, Wales , Nor thern I re land.ACE: An Aircraf t out o f Ca ncu n: no movem ent on Me xico yet . Or ion Air l ines out o fCanc un. Or ion 861, B737 Cancun to BWI 136 pax. Mex ico is a non-ordinary area airports.Airlines jus t need to be approved on an individual basis. ACE wi l l c o n f i r m with his secur i tyto see if he compl ies w ith Eme rgency Advisory, Par t 19 1 sd 108-01-05. Air l ine tel ls Secu ritythen t hey put it on to the PSI. /Alternate A T S cell phone numbe d IN579HJ departed 1359L.AS W: Tex Air needs to contact Houston ARTCC - Veronica, then they ca n work this out.AWP : When th e GA's start f ly ing , IFR, no cancel la t ions , po int to point .S tatus of G A's : no N O T AM. Sti l l at the Depar t me nt l eve l. N o decis ion made yet .ACE: O r ion has the info. Mexico needs approval f rom FAA HQ. ATCSCC wil l work thisissue.Kitty Hawk 63: erratic turns. En route to PHX to Tuscan on ry l 1 left and FBI is interrogatingth e pilot. Type aircraft : Lear 36; 1440: All is wel l .ATCSCC: Aspen aircraf t : There was a m i s c o m m u n i c a t i o n . T he aircraft was fi led underREL and was assigned RLT. He had a l e t ter approving 3- le t ter id . FSDO is OK with this.We are OK with this . 1424: Someone from security will take care of adv i s ing th e localauthorit ies that we are OK with this.ANM: Canadian AC to US: Their AFSS w o n ' t let the Canadian flag carrier return toCanada, won' t le t aircraft back into Canada . AN M i s check ing on w h i c h AFSS is notallowing the air carrier back into Canada. Spr ing bank in CalgaryPart 135's are cleared to go.Whit man wi l l decrease to 10 MM radius, still at FL600.ASW: Mexico fax 'd A SW some US air carriers to t h e m . Please fax to ATCSCC.A G L : M i d w a y is closed - problems at the t e r mina lJack Ryan - wants to talk about the hijack intercep t proceduresMIA - 3 bomb threats at 3 di f fe ren t areas at the airport. No evacua t io n . Has not af fected the

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operation.ATCSCC: Advisory 27 ref. notify all AFSS to tell phone callers to contact th e N B A A website for any th ing on part 91 . Is NAATS on board?Power line and pipe line going out part 135 TN with discreet codes.Military training operations can go out and train.Balloon operator wants to be tethered. As lo ng as he is not leaving the ground, then it is up tothe regions.ATCSCC: Steve Brown advised AOPA that there will be a notif ication to GA about GA intothe NAS.N40UP, B 57 w ants to go from Alaska to Russia, f ly ing under part 91.ASO: Still have 3 bomb threats a t the terminal . ATC is still operat ing norma l. The term inalis eva cuatin g. D o not see this as an interruption to air traffic.Huntress wa nts a TFR around M cGurie AFB. Frank Jordon to call Reggie at 267-3666.MDW ARPRT has picked up suspects on the top-50 list of terrorists. The airport will beclosed UFN.ASO: M IA A-concourse is evacuated. TPA: bom b threat at a car rental.ATCSCC: If N40UP is a gov't aircraft, as a US Geological Survey airc raft, we can let it go.ATCSCC: Windsor an d Chatham, under Cleveland Center , in Canada, an d f lying in to the USunder VFR. AG L: As soon as aircraft are crossing border, then they are cance ling andcontacting the tower fo r l and ing . If the aircraft are n the NAS then our rules apply.Security: Mexico should start sending A/C into USA;ATC-0 for Tam pa. Eva cuating the tower.ATCSCC: M D W taking arrivals no t a l lowing A/C to taxi to the terminal . See entry 1450ATA-2 reports Paul Galant was sent to the Wh ite House to brief on Class B airspaceAWP reports Hawaiian 931 departing Honolulu to LAS lost transponder-local mili tary isgoing to m eet the aircraft.Clarification for evacuation of a/c in hurricane path- approva l to evacuate to FL, GA, SC andA L. V FR m ust have discreet beacon code an d remain 25 m iles from an y metropolitan area.DRAFT FD C NOTAM - No # available. Effec tive 9/14 2000UTC 14 CFR Part 91 Release ofGA aircraft. GA file IFR file plan. Air board c ancellation of IFR not authorized. Air boardpick-up of IFR clearance not authorized. Only exception is em ergency recovery aircraft, lawenforcement or other emergency type situations. NOTAM is not going to applying for anyinternational flying.AEA reports B737 short final at ISP ARPRT requests security to meet A/C upon landing.AWP reports person in raft m aking threatenin g remarks. SFO put A/C in holding patternAGL reports M DW ARP RT closed due to reports that another suspect from the top 10Terrorists list has been taken int o custody. See ent ry 1450ATCSCC advises they received a fax from AIA in Brussels reporting release of Part 121 A/Cto US. HDQS checkingA EA update on B737 inbound to ISP- A EA reports this was a m edical em ergency and nosecurity threat. See entry 1 544ASO advises Tampa Tower resumes normal operation. See entry 1510.ASO asks ca n banner towing A/C IFR. A EA asks ca n parachute operations be IFR.

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Update on ASO's quest ion - see entr y 1604 . No IFR clearances fo r banner towing

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Appendix T- The Air Traffic Organization's Response to the September 11th Terrorist Attack