Shortly after the first hijacked plane struck the World Trade Center, Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta issued an order never given outside of military exercises: Bring all the planes down. Soon after, planes started landing at Mid-Continent Airport.
Where did all the flights land on 9 11?
Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
How long did it take to land all planes on 9 11?
We told them, you're not leaving our airspace. Pick an airport. Sliney says 700 of the 4,000 planes in the air landed within 10 minutes.