T8 B15 FAA Subpoena Compendium Fdr- FAA- Delta 1989 Timeline

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Federal AviationAdministration Cleveland Air Traffic Control TowerCleveland Hopkins International Airport3rd Floor Administration BuildingCleveland OH 44135

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DAL 1989 Order of Eventst imes are UCT. Subtract 4 hours fo r local time, e.g. 1350:41 UCT = 9:50:41 a.m.B is Cleveland Center

wakem is the Cleveland Center Wakem SectorHO is the handoff position at Clevland ApproachOS is the Supervisor in the Tow erA RW is the Arrival West position at Cleveland ApproachCLE is Cleveland Hopkins AirportETA is estimated time of arrivalLC is the Local Control Position in the towerItalics are comm ents for clarificationAll clearances issued to DAL1989 received appropriate responses from th e pilot except as noted.1350:41

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"affirmative, we are not a trip sir."ARW issues DAL1989 heading 070.City Ops calls for ETA on DAL1989. OS advises 7 to 8minutes, about 20 miles West.ARW instructs DAL1989 "descend at your discretion to 7,000."DAL1989 asks if he will use runway 24L. ARW responds yes.ARW instructs DAL1989 at 7,000 reduce speed to 170. 7000 is the altitudeWakem calls to ask if we're working DAL 1989. W e tell them yes we are. ZOB then asks HO ifwe can give him any information on DAL 1989. HO advises ZOB the DAL is landing here atCLE and that we're treating him as an emergency.HO calls Wakem and advises "once DAL lands the City says no one else is landing"untileverything gets worked out.City Ops says the FBI wants to know if DAL1989 squawked this (Hijack). OS says no .ARW instructs DAL1989 to descend and maintain 5,000, fly heading 060.OS advises City Ops that once DAL gets down we're shut down.ARW advises DAL1989 that he will be keeping him on ARW frequency on final.ARW instructs DAL1989 to descend and maintain 4,000, turn right 140.ARW instructs DAL1989 to rum right to 210, intercept the localizer, and descend and maintain3,000.ARW clears DA L1 989 for the ILS Runway 24L approach.A RW advises DAL198 9 to contact th e tower.DAL1989 checks in with Local Control (LC). LC issues wind an d clears DAL1989 to land.LC advises DAL1989 that he will be parked on the West side of the airport.HO advises Wakem that DAL 1989 is "on the ground at 1418." Wakem asks "very safely too Ihope?" HO responds that DAL is being taken to the bomb area for now to check.LC issues DAL1989 taxi instructions.Cab Coordinator (CC) tells HO that DAL is on the ground, that we're officially closed, and thatDAL is being taxied to the West side.DAL1989 transmits to LC, "just to make sure we don't have any misunderstandings here, our flapsare up, we are landing only as a precaution at the company's request, yo u understand that." LC -responds affirmative, but advises DAL1989 tha t parkingon the West side was at the City's


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request.DAL1989 asks if they're going to get to their gate any time soon. LC responds that is the City'scall, and that he believes there will be people out to do a search of the aircraft.DAL1989 asks if he should get the people off the aircraft. LC tells DAL that the City says toleave them there.DAL1989 asks if it wou ld help if they shut their engines do wn, or if they should keep themrunning. LC tells DAL its his choice.

DAL1989 asks LC for an update and if the City is going to come out. LC advises he has noinformation. DAL responds that they're eager to get off the aircraft.LC advises DAL 19 89 to contact City Ops on 129.55.OS tell City Ops that AL1989 is anxious to get people off the aircraft.

Air Traffic Manager (ATM) calls City Ops and advises we have no apparent reason to believeDA L is a hijack, that it fit the profile for a hijack. And that we don't have any specific bombthreats. AT M tells City Ops that he just got clearance form FAA Headquarters that we have noreason to hold that aircraft unless the City has other information from the FBI.LC advises DAL1989 that they are going to be allowed to return to the gate.DAL1989 is concerned about turning around on the West side. LC advises a tug will probably besent out.LC asks DAL1989 for souls on board.DAL1989 responds 78 soul on board.LC advises DAL1989 that there is a chance the FBI will want to deplane the passengers on theWest side.LC asks Car 6 if they're planning on deplaning passengers on the West side or at the gate. Car 6says at the gate, but he will verify that. Car 6 is the designator fo r one of the City's operationsvehiclesCar 6 advises LC that passengers will deplane at the gate.City Ops advises that DAL will deplane on Romeo taxiway.LC tells DAL1989 to plan on deplaning on the West side were he currently sits.Car 6 confirms offloading on the West side..LC advises DAL1989 that the City will start to bring equipment across the field to his aircraft.Passengers were taken to the Federal Facilities Building on the opposite side of the airfield fromth e terminal far debriefing by the FBI


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1528:32 entry: The Air Traff ic Ma nager (ATM) received a call from the Operat ions Mana ger (OM) at ZOB onth e adm inistrative pho ne line (898-2020, unrecorded) a t approximately 1400 UCT (9:00 a.m. local). In that^nversation the OM advised the ATM of wha t he knew of the situation. The OM told the ATM that they ha d| >rmation that the DAL fl ight could be ahijack andm ight have ab o m b on board. TheOM stated that thepilot and com pany both said it was a precautionary landing and there was no hi jack. The OM then said that the"Hunters" said it was a hijac k. The ATM asked who the hunters were. There was a lot of co nfus ion at thecenter and the im pression the ATM got was tha t "Hunters" were in receipt of some intelligence that indicatedth e aircraft was a hijack.The ATM gave the order to evacua te the buildin g of all but essential personnel and to take the operational staffto only the positions abso lutely necessa ry to wo rk the aircraft currently airbo rn.A t approximately 1515 UCT the ATM contacted th e Center Manager to see if we could find out any newin format ion on DAL1989. In the conversation between the tow er ATM and the A ssistant A ir Traff ic Managera t th e center it wa s determined that DAL1989 fit the profile o f a possible hijacked aircraft. It was alsodetermined after consultation with th e original O M w h o com m unica ted wi th th e tower A TM that we, the FAA,had no inform ation indicating there was either a bom b o r a hijack invo lved with the aircra ft. The ATM w as inth e tower a nd used th e open line to City O perations to c om m u n ic a t e wha t w e knew. That is the backgroundbehind th e 1528:32 entry concerning th e conversation between th e ATM and City Ops.1530:27 entry: The request fo r souls on board cam e from City Ops to the tower and was relayed by the localcontroller.A R W C o m m u n i c a t i o n s NOTE: One ano m aly that perpetuated concern by approach control lers in the face o fConstant inform ation that there wa s nothing going on with DAL1989 was that th e pilot never used th e HEAVYsignator in his com m unica tions. Co ntrollers used the designator but the pilot did not respo nd w ith it.This may seem m inor but should not be overlooked. The use of HEAVY in the terminal environm ent is of thehighest importance. Increased separation standards a re required and misapplication of separation standards canbe disastrous. For pilots, not referring to a hea vy aircraft as HEAVY is tantam ount to cal l ing a doctor 'Mister".This omission along with all of the other information flying around kept everyone alert and skeptical of thesecurity of the flight.


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P a 9 e N-iof1U.S. Department of Transportation Daily ReCOfd Of Facility Operation DateFederal Aviation Administration 9/11/01| **ton Identification Type Facility Operating Position Checked B yCleveland, OH C LE Combined Cleveland Hopkins ATCT Air T r a f f i c Manager

TRACONH-ower " J. Marie Rseves oTime (UTC)

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/REMARKS 'L RINGWALT ON. ILS RWY 24L IN USE. CFPL: , RWY 6L REILS AND VASI OTS, R W Y 6LTHRE SHOL D RELOCATED, 123.85 STBY X X BLEEDS ONTO 128.25 MAIN RX, LC IC.3SLIGHT PANEL ERRATIC, 124.0STBY X X BLEEDS ONTO 121.5, 128.25 STATIC C * BOTHM A I N & STBY RX , CA K LINE OTSM O D E -S TO TW R, ASR-9 TO M CC.ILS RWY 6R IN USE.MODE-S & ASR-9 TO TRACON .D. LEPHEW ON, ABOVE NOTED.128.25 N O RM A L , RTS.TM U GIVEN 40 RATE.W C L C . OPERATIONAL PROGRAM A3.06.2/Y/3.128.25 STATIC ON BOTH MAIN AND STANDBY RECEIVERS. DRN USING 126.55. -XICC/PEREZILS RWY 24L INUSE.ENR OUT E DIAL LINE OTS,M C C ( G A R Y ) ADVISED.CL E IN S ECON "DELTA".GROUND STOP ALL TRAFFIC.COA1566 MA DE GO A R OUND D U E T O BEING TO O HIGH.ADVISED OF DAL1989 INBOUND FROM BOS TO CLE WITH SUSPECTED B O M B ON B( ARD.NO CIVILIAN LIFE FLIGHTS ALLOWED IN THE AIR, ONLY MILITARY MEDEVAC.CL E RECIEVED CALL FROM C G F DESCRIBING THEIR FB O (EAGLE WINGS- E D BARKC ) GOT ACALL FROM WOMAN IDENTIFYING FROM TV CHANNEL 5. SHE STATED THAT AN A I R C R A F TLEAVING TOL HAD A B O M B O N BOARD. WHEN E D INQUIRED FURTHER WOMAN HUI-G U P.FBI NOTIFIED AT FIRE HOUSE ABOUT TOL B O M B THREAT.ZO B WATCH DESK NOTIFIED A B O U T TO L B O M B THREAT.ATM & AATM ADVISED ABOUT TOL.RO C (FRED SOUCHET) ADVISED OF TOL BOMB THREAT.PASSENGERS NOW BEING DISEMBARKED OFF DAL1989. ALERT 4 CANCELLED. R-CADVISED.J. ADELM AN ON, ABOVE NOTED, SECON DELTA IN EFFECT.W C L C . OPERATIONAL PROGRAM A3.06.2/Y/3.C L E CITY ARPRT REQUESTS THAT TW R ONLY ILLUMINATE T X W Y S TONIGHT AFTER SUNSET,LEAVE RWY LTS AND BEACON OFF UFA, IF ANY A/C REQUEST LNDNG, COORDINATE WITHCITY BEFORE ILLUMINATING R W Y A N D BEACON.L R I NGW AL T O N . ABOVE NOTED.W C L C . OPS PROGRAM A3. 06. 2C O B .

/ CERTIFY tfiat entries above ar e correct; that al l scheduled operations have been accomplished, except as noted, and thata ll abnormal occurrences and conditions have been recorded.

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