United Airlines Flight 93

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United Airlines Flight 93

January 27, 2006

United Airlines Flight 93

The Centre for Cooperative Research on WWW reported that United Airlines Flight 93 bound for San Francisco, California took off at 8.42 a.m. from Newark International Airport, 41 minutes behind schedule. As per the protocol the Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System (CAPPS) "automatically targets passengers for additional screening based on suspicious behavior such as buying one-way tickets or paying with cash. If a passenger is selected, their bags are thoroughly screened for explosives, but their bodies are not searched." The CAPPS did select Ahmad Alhaznawi of flight 93 and searched the bag for explosives, but was not stopped.

UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 93 on WWW reported that the United Airlines Flight 93 carried 33 passengers and 7 crew members, whereas sadnews.net on WWW reported that there were 2 pilots, 5 flight attendants and 38