Template:8:41 a.m.-8:42 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 175

8:41 a.m.-8:42 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 175 Reports ‘Suspicious Transmission’ Heard over Radio as It Departed Airport
Just after Flight 175 enters the airspace of the FAA’s New York Center, its pilot reports to Dave Bottiglia,the air traffic controller now managing the flight, a suspicious transmission he had heard on departing Logan Airport. The pilot, Captain Victor Saracini, tells Bottiglia: "“We figured we’d wait to go to your center. Ah, we heard a suspicious transmission on our departure out of Boston, ah, with someone, ah, it sounded like someone keyed the mikes and said, ah, ‘Everyone, ah, stay in your seats.’”"

Saracini is presumably referring to one of the three radio transmissions from Flight 11, where the voice of a hijacker could be heard. However, none of these had included the hijacker telling people to stay in their seats, as Saracini describes, although the second and third transmissions included the hijacker telling the passengers, “Nobody move.” Bottiglia responds: “Oh, okay. I’ll pass that along.” Referring to the fact that this was the end of the transmission he heard, Saracini adds, “It cut out,” and then asks Bottiglia, “Did you copy that?” This is the last radio transmission from Flight 175.

The 9/11 Commission will conclude that the plane is hijacked within the next four minutes. According to author Lynn Spencer, since controllers are only given information on a need-to-know basis, Bottiglia was unaware there were problems with Flight 11, which has not yet entered his airspace. He touches his computer screen to connect to the hotline for his sector controller, and then reports: "“UAL 175 just came on my frequency and he said he heard a suspicious transmission when they were leaving Boston. ‘Everybody stay in your seats’—that’s what he heard… just to let you know.”"