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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (121691)	9/13/2001 5:22:04 PM
From: Joseph Beltran	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Haim, As a former air traffic controller let me shed a little light on the situation: a controller would have known almost immediately that the aircraft which ultimately hit the second tower was off-course. He would have inquired immediately as to the reason for the deviation with the pilot. However, the evidence surfacing is that the aircraft's transponder was disengaged almost immediately. I expect that the crew lost the ability to communicate at that time as well. By the time the controller called a supervisor and they made repeated efforts to communicate with the crew about 10-15 minutes would have elapsed. In the meantime they would probably have activated search and rescue and I dare say that the thought that the aircraft was headed for Manhattan would not have entered their mind unless an alert had been received about the first strike. I suspect that by the time the second aircraft hit the tower no one had alerted anyone in the FAA of what was actually occurring. In short, under present handling procedures it would have been impossible to intercept and destroy.