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Passenger Numbers Issued - USA Terrorist Attack

Published: Wed 12 Sep 2001 04:00 AM
CNN has reported American Airlines has lost two planes: Flight 11 from Boston with 81 passengers and 11 crew aboard and Flight 77 from Washington Dulles airport with 58 passengers and six crew aboard. Both planes were en route to Los Angeles.
United Airlines Flight 93 airliner headed from Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco, crashed near Somerset, Pennsylvania -- police say initial reports indicated no survivors. It was not known if this was connected to the attacks. United Airlines also said it was "deeply concerned" about Flight l75 from Boston to Los Angeles.
The Pentagon, the White House, the State Department, the Justice Department, the Capitol, the CIA and all other government buildings in Washington evacuated.
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