WHY WE FIGHT

9/11 widow describes flight tape (Greg Gordon, 08/08/2003, Minneapolis Star Tribune)

Cockpit recordings show that hijackers aboard United Airlines Flight 93 argued about whether to crash the plane into the Pennsylvania countryside on Sept. 11, 2001, in anticipation of a passenger insurrection, the widow of Minnesota native Tom Burnett Jr., a leader in the revolt, said Thursday.

But Deena Burnett, who has listened to the cockpit recorder twice and studied an FBI transcript of it, said the hijackers did not appear to be in agreement before passengers stormed the cockpit.

Deena Burnett, who has said little publicly until now about the contents of the flight recorder, made the disclosure in reaction to an Associated Press report stating that U.S. investigators now believe one hijacker instructed hijacker-pilot Ziad Jarrah to crash the plane before passengers took control. [...]

"While no one will ever know exactly what transpired in the final minutes of Flight 93, every shred of evidence indicates this plane crashed because of the heroic actions of the passengers," FBI spokeswoman Susan Whitson said Thursday.

Thirty-three passengers, seven crew members and the four hijackers died.

But what about the yellowcake? Posted by Orrin Judd at August 8, 2003 8:03 PM