The Coreography of four flights over Stewart Air Base on 9/11/01
In the transcript, Bollyn mentions the crossing of AA11 and UA175 ground track paths.
Cherie Gott, NORAD animator, was surprised at the close approach
of AA11 and UA175.
As it turns out, several more aircraft converged with AA11 and UA175 over Stewart air base on that day
The blue boxes below show mp4 videos of the four routes.
The violet boxes below show altitude at roughly the convergence location for the four flights
(click on these images to enlarge them.)
Interestingy, although the AA11 transponder was out, so altitude was not available for the duration of the flight, it WAS available
at the exaact intersection of the AA11 and UA175 ground tracks.
Also interestingly, track 5646 does a little jog in its ground track, in seeming coordination with the change in ground track of UA175
Stewart Air Base is to the far left center of the lower(violet framed) images
The table at bottom shows altitudes and time in seconds from crossing of AA11 at convergence over Stewart field.
Is this all coincidence?
911Maps high altitude view
911Maps view moving closer
911Maps view moving even closer
911Maps closest view
AA11 is first to cross
Track 5646 is second to cross
Track 5727 is third to cross
UA175 is the last to cross
Altitudes and time in seconds from crossing of AA11 at convergence over Stewart field.