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United Airlines Flight 175
was the second hijacked
airplane
of the
September 11, 2001 attacks
. The flight was traveling from
Logan International Airport
in
Boston, Massachusetts
to
Los Angeles International Airport
in
Los Angeles, California
.
It crashed into the South Tower of the
World Trade Center
. The plane was hijacked by five members of
al-Qaeda
. The plane was a
Boeing 767
. 56 people (including 5 hijackers) and 9 crew members died in the crash. The time of the crash was 9:03 AM
Eastern Daylight Time
. Unlike
American Airlines Flight 11
, which crashed into the North tower 17.5 minutes earlier, Flight 175 was the only plane seen live on
television
because of the
media
attention drawn to the scene from the crash of Flight 11.
The hijacked aircraft at San Francisco International Airport in 1999.
The plane shortly after crashing into the south tower of the
original World Trade Center
.
The aircraft used in the attack was a
Boeing 767-222
. The aircraft had a registration of N612UA, and it was built in 1983 by
Boeing
.
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The airplane could seat 168 passengers in total (10 seats in first class, 33 seats in business class, and 125 seats in economy class). On this particular flight, 56 passengers (5 of which were hijackers), and nine staff members. All together, United Airlines Flight 175 carried 65 people on the morning of September 11.
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