United Airlines Flight 93

United Airlines Flight 93

UA 93's flight path on September 11, 2001, from Newark, New Jersey, to Stonycreek Township, Pennsylvania.
Suicide hijacking
Date	Tuesday, September 11, 2001 (2001-09-11)
Summary	Hijacking
Site	Field near the Diamond T. Mine, a coal strip mine near Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 757–222
Operator	United Airlines
Registration	N591UA
Flight origin	Newark Int'l Airport (now Newark Liberty Int'l Airport)
Destination	San Francisco Int'l Airport
Passengers	33 + 4 hijackers
Crew	7
Fatalities	40 (all) + 4 hijackers
Survivors	0

United Airlines Flight 93 was an airline flight that, on September 11, 2001, was hijacked and crashed on purpose. On that day, the flight was to fly from Newark International Airport (later renamed Newark Liberty International Airport), in Newark, New Jersey, USA to San Francisco International Airport.

The aircraft was hijacked by four men as part of the al-Qaeda organized attack on the United States on September 11, 2001. Soon after the flight took off, the hijackers entered the cockpit and overpowered the pilots. They took control of the aircraft and flew it toward Washington, D.C. Several passengers and crew members made telephone calls aboard the flight and learned about the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The passengers then decided to attack the hijackers and retake the aircraft.

The hijackers crashed the plane in a field to prevent the passengers from succeeding in breaching the cockpit door just outside Shanksville, Pennsylvania, about 150 miles (240 km) northwest of Washington, D.C., killing all crew members and passengers. An investigation determined that the actions of the passengers on board had prevented the hijackers from reaching Washington, D.C.