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U.S, Department 800 IndependenceAve.. S.W.of Transportation Washington, DC 20591Federal AviationAdministrationOctober 7,2001

Terrorist Attackon U.S.Situation Report#27Asof1:OOPMEDT(Changes inbold - FINAL REPORT)

1. Background. Terrorists commandeered commercial aircraft, crashing two intotheWorld Trade Center in New York, and one into the Pentagon inWashington DC. Afourth aircraft crashed south of Pittsburgh after reporting a hijack. American and Unitedairlines each lost two flights in the air crashes. Thefour flights carried a total of 266people - 233passengers, 25crewmembers and eight pilots. Domesticandinternational flights in U.S. airspace have resumed under more stringent airport and aircarrier security procedures. On Sunday afternoon(EOT) U.S. forces began militaryoperations against terrorist training facilities andTaliban Command and Controlcenters. Starting with tomorrow's SITREP, all SITREP's will reference OperationEnduring Freedomand will be renumbered starting at number one.2. Operational status. NAS facilities are all fully operational

There were 93,689 Center Controller Operations yesterday, 16% less thanthe Saturday averagefor the previous year. All FAAfacilities are at Security Condition (SECON) CHARLIE. NoFAA-wideReadiness Level has been set.

The FAAcontinues to restrict visitors at FAA acilities. SeeGENOT issued Sep162001. The FAA ATCSCC and ACS officials are continuing to coordinate the resumption

of international commercial passenger, cargo, and Foreign Part 91 flights in theU.S. The FAA is also coordinating international humanitarian flights issues thatare restricted inoperating into the U.S. under the current restriction on foreignPart 91operations. Non-Canadian foreign air carriers are permitted to overfly theterritorial airspace of the U.S. only after affirming in writing to their FAA PrincipalSecurity Inspector that they will implement the emergency measures required foroverflight authorization.

Todate, 44 Part 129 (Foreign) air carriers have been approved for overflightof U.S. territorial airspace. All but 38 of the 986 air carrier stations offeringcommercial flights to the U.S. are certified to fly.

Flight Restrictions and authorizations are asfollows: Except for the operationslisted below, Part 91 VFR operations are permitted within the territorial airspaceof the U.S., for U.S. registered aircraft, provided that those operations areconducted outside "Enhanced ClassB (ECB) airspace."



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The following types ofoperationsare not authorized:1. Civil aircraft VFR flight training operations for turbojet poweredaircraft within Class B (See NOTAM 1/0345)2. Sight seeing flight operations conducted for compensation or hire

within Enhanced Class B and TFRs of NY and Washington D.C.areas. (See NOTAM 1/0345) The following types ofoperations are authorized as IFR ONLY:1. Civil aircraft banner towing operations2. Traffic WATCH flight operations3. Airship/Blimp operations4. News reporting operations

FAAFlight Service Stations are providing continual updates onauthorizationstatus via their 800-number at 1-800-WXBRIEF (1-800-992-7433). FAAOrder7110.263 has been revised to assure immediate notification to

NORAD, ROC, and ATCSCCof a possible hijacking.CURRENT NOTAMS AFFECTING U.S. AIRSPACE

FDC 0100- Flight Restrictions - Washington, DC / New York FDC 0298- Flight Restrictions - Major Sporting Events/Major Open AirAssemblies FDC 0329- Intercept Procedures FDC 0609 - Flight Near Restricted/Prohibited Areas FDC 0613 - IFR Operations in theU.S. FDC 0617 - VFROperations in theU.S. FDC 0628- Operations To/From Locations Outside the U.S.

CURRENT TEMPORARY FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS There are in excess of 30 TFRs currently active within the NAS.

SpecialWaivers NSC.and FAA Security and Air Traffic officials continue to coordinate numerous

requests for waivers to the current flight restrictions. These include but are notlimited to: U.S. Government contracted aircraft operation (i.e., USDA operations) Operations of blimps/airships (i.e. Goodyear airship over the Cleveland

Brown's Football Stadium for the upcoming (10/7/01) Browns vs. Chargersfootball game Operations of foreign-registered Part 91aircraft within U.S. territorial

airspace. A special working group has been convened to develop a "Permit Process" forthe granting of these waivers.



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3. Part 139 airport status. Airports are being approved for operation uponcertification that new security requirements have been implemented. A list of theseairports is posted on the FAA Intranet at: httD://atcscc.faa.aov/ois/ FAA's Civil Aviation Security continue to coordinate with local and Federalofficials on a wide range of security related issues including securitybreaches, Explosive Trace Detection unit alarms, theft of airline/airportuniforms, public reports of lax security, and a variety of unusual activities. Temporary flight restrictions are in force for GA (Part 91 ) operations for theairspace around New York's JFK Airport and Washington's Reagan National outto a radius of 25 miles. In the New York vicinity, all major airports are open totraffic. SFAR No. 90 - Prohibition Against Certain Flights Within the Territory andAirspace of Afghanistan - hasbeen issued by the FAA. This emergency SFAR

has been issued by NOTAM. At the time of this report, all of the Part 1 07 U.S. airports (455) have beencertified as complying with the emergency security directives.4. Personnel. AHR is tracking information on casualties to FAA employees andfamilies resulting from the attacks. Numerous FAA employees/families have beenaffected.

AHR has issued guidance on relaxed travel policies to assist for onwardmovement of employees. A toll-free hotline that was established to assiststranded FAA employees has been discontinued. Further questions can bedirected to the Trave l Policy Help Desk at 1-800-482-4044 or 202- 267-9056.5. Supplemental information.

DOT'S Crisis Management Center (CMC) has reduced daily operations from0600-2400 to 0600-2000 Monday through Friday. There will be no weekend orColumbus Day staffing of the CMC unless further activation is required. FAA s providing domestic and international premium and non-premium war riskinsurance for U.S. carriers that request it. This is the first time domestic war riskinsurance has ever been issued. FEMA's Washington-based Emergency Response Team (EST) has fullyactivated and on 24-hour operations. All 10 of the FEMA regions - headquarteredin Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, A tlanta, Chicago, Denton, TX, Denver,San Francisco and Bothell, Wash. - are also fully activated. FEMA hasactivated the Federal Response Plan. FEMA hasactivated its operations center, and is working closely with the FBI'sStrategic Operation Information Center (SOIC). FEMA's SIOC liaison has beenactivated.



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CAPTURING IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS:The Office of Research andAcquisition (ARA) has established a system for employees and others to offersuggestions on improving safety and security. The system has e-mail, fax, aswell as telephone capability. The e-mail address is [email protected] fax number is 202-267-5091The telephone number, which will bestaffedMondays - Fridays, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Eastern time is 1-866-289-9673.E-mail and fax are preferred.

ACS is coordinating with NRCofficials the monitoring of suspicious aircraftactivity in the vicinity of nuclear power plants. See NOTAM FDC 0530. DOT has informed all modal administrations that DOT's Crisis ManagementCenter will remain active until at least October 17, 2001.

Sources: FAA HQ WOC, ACC, ATCSCC,ANE ROC,AEA ROC, ASO ROC,DOT/OET, FEMA, NOAA, MediaAuthorized for Release:

forDan NoelManager, Emergency Operations Staff


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