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Langley right now and i'm going to take the fighters from otis and try to chase this guy down if i can find him. >> the mission crew commander issued an order at 9:23, quote, okay. scramble langley. head them towards the washington area, unquote. >> fighter jets took off from langley air force base in virginia, but due to miscommunications and a lack of specific target information, they flew in the wrong direction. >> rather than them going to washington, they flew east over the atlantic ocean. >> at 9:27 a.m., 24 minutes after the world knew america was under attack. pilot jason doll on unite...

>> american 11 is a hijack. >> yes. and he's going into washington. kniss could be a third aircraft. >> communication between the faaif a faa, it's air traffic control was a mess. >> immediately passed the word to mission crew manneder he in turn reported to the battle commander. >> okay. american airlines is still airborne, 11 the first guy, he's headed towards washington. okay? i think we need to scramble langley right now and i'm going to take the fighters and chase this guy down. >> the mission crew commander issued and order at 9:23. okay, scramble langley, head them towards the washingto...

>> yes. . a third aircraft. >> tape after tape played for the commission showed that communication between the faa, its air traffic control centers and the military was a mess. >> the commission who took this call from the faa immediately passed the word to the mission troop commander. he in turn recorded to the battle commander. >> okay. american airlines is still airborne 11 the first guy, he is leading towards washington. okay? i think we need to scramble langley right now and i'm going take the fighters from and otis and try to take this day down if we can. >> okay, scramble langley, head ...