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U.S. Department 800 ndependenceAve., s.w.of Transportation Washington, DC 20591Federal AviationAdministrationSeptember 30, 2001

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1. Background. Terrorists commandeered commercial aircraft, crashing two intothe World Trade Center in NewYork, and one into the Pentagon inWashington DC. Afourth aircraft crashed south of Pittsburgh after reporting ahijack. American and Unitedairlines each lost two flights in the air crashes. Thefour flights carried atotal of 266people - 233passengers,25crewmembers andeight pilots. Domesticandinternational flights in U.S. airspace have resumed under more stringent airport and aircarrier security procedures.2. Operational status. NASfacilities are all fully operational There were 93,401 Center Controller Operations yesterday, 8% less thanthe Saturday averagefor the previous year. All FAAfacilities are at Security Condition (SECON) CHARLIE. NoFAA-wideReadiness Level has been set.

The FAA continues to restrict visitors at FAA facilities. See GENOT issued Sep162001. The FAA HQCRWG iscoordinating revisions to theCOOP Cadre list and thedevelopment of a COOP Advance Team. TheFAAATCSCC and ACS officials arecontinuing to coordinate the resumptionof international commercial passenger, cargo, and Foreign Part 91 flights in theU.S. The FAA is also coordinating international humanitarian flights issues thatare restricted inoperating into the U.S. under the current restriction on foreignPart 91operations. Non-Canadian foreign air carriers are permtted to overfly theterritorial airspaceof the U.S. only after affirmng inwriting to their FAA PrincipalSecurity Inspector that they will implement theemergency measures required foroverflight authorization. To date, 40 Part 129 (Foreign) air carriers have been approved for overflightof U.S. territorial airspace. 933 of the 986 air carrier stations offeringcommercial flights to the U.S. are now certified. Flight Restrictions andauthorizationsare asfollows: Except for the operationslisted below, Part 91 VFR operations are permtted within the territorial airspaceof the U.S., for U.S. registered aircraft, provided that those operations areconducted outside "Enhanced Class B airspace."

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Thefollowing operations areauthorized IFR only. News reporting operations Civil aircraft banner towing operations Traffic watch flight operations Airship/blimp operations Examplesof authorized VFRoperations, outside "Enhanced ClassBairspace" include:Aircraft maintenance repositioning.Airshows.Balloon flights-both commercial and noncommercial.Civil Air Patrol.Gliders.Manufacturer production flight tests.Mapping/photography missions.

Pipeline/powerline inspections.Seaplanes.Skydiving.Ultralights.Wildlife management operations. Thefollowing Part 91 IFRoperations areauthorized within the territorialairspace of the U.S. Foreign registered aircraft departing theU.S. With no intermediatestops within the U.S. Foreign registered aircraft overflying the U.S. With a maximumcertificated takeoff gross weight less than 95,000 pounds. VFR-on-top operations. Other authorized operations: All part 91 IFR/VFR operations inAlaskan airspace. All part 91 IFR/VFR operations in Hawaiian airspace outside"enhanced class b airspace". Within "enhancedclass bairspace," allmilitary, medivac,rescue/recovery, fire fighting, law enforcement, and emergencyevacuation aircraft can conduct IFR or VFR operations using anATC-assigned discrete beacon code. Commercial space operations are authorized and must beapproved in accordance with established procedures.

FAAFlight Service Stations areproviding continual updates on authorizationstatus via their 800-number at 1-800-WXBRIEF (1-800-992-7433). FAAOrder 7110.263 has been revised to assure immediate notification to

NORAD, ROC,and ATCSCC of a possible hijacking.CURRENT NOTAMS AFFECTING U.S. AIRSPACE FDC 9952 - Flight Restrictions - New York FDC 0100- Flight Restrictions -Washington, DC FDC 0298 - Flight Restrictions - Professional/Collegiate Sporting Events/Major

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FDC 0345- EmergencyAirTraffic Rules - Part91FDC 0347~Emergency AirTraffic Rules - Parts91,121,125,129,133,135FDC0356 - Emergency AirTraffic Rules - Part 91FDC 0356- EmergencyAirTraffic Rules - Part91FDC 0523- Powerline/pipeline patrolsFDC 0530- Nuclear PowerplantsFDC 0532- Post Maintenance Flight Test, Production,And Acceptance Flights

Special Exemptions The requests for Electronic News Gathering organizations to conduct VFRoperations and expand IFR operations within Enhanced Class B Airspacehas been coordinated with FBI, DoD, ATS and ACS and have been denied. U.S. Government contracted aircraft operations (e.g. USDA-contracted Medflyspray operations in S California and Miami) have been approved and clearance

granted to USDA.3. Part 139 airport status. Airports are being approved for operation uponcertification that newsecurity requirements have been implemented. A list of theseairports is posted on the FAA Intranet at: http://atcscc.faa.gov/ois/

Temporaryflight restrictions are in force for GA (Part 91) operations for theairspace around New York's JFK Airport andWashington's Reagan National outto a radius of 25 miles. In the New York vicinity, all major airports are open totraffic. SFAR No. 90 - ProhibitionAgainst Certain Flights Within theTerritoryandAirspace of Afghanistan - hasbeen issued by the FAA. This emergency SFARhas been issued by NOTAM. At the time of this report, of the 455 Part 107 U.S. airports, 454 have beencertified as complying with the emergency security directives. Washington'sReagan National (DCA) has yet to be certified. Todate, 98% of the foreign air carrier stations and 95% of commercial flights tothe U.S. are certified to the newsecurity directives. The remaining uncertified aircarrier stations consist primarily of the smaller carriers and those with infrequentflight schedules. Additional certifications continue to be received.

4. Personnel. AHR is tracking information on casualties to FAA employees andfamilies resulting from the attacks. Numerous FAA employees/families have beenaffected.

AHR has issued guidance on relaxed travel policies to assist for onwardmovement of employees. A toll-free hotline that was established to assiststranded FAA employees has been discontinued. Further questions can bedirected to the Travel Policy Help Desk at 1-800-482-4044 or 202- 267-9056.

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5. Supplemental information. The lockdownof General Aviationin Maine by Governor Angus King,

reported in yesterday's SITREP, has been rescinded. FAA(AFS-750) is working with FBI in the review of aircraft registrationdata. AGO Operations Watch (OPSWATCH) s now monitoring a 24/7communications net that includes the 21 ARTCCs and is managedbyNORAD.This net provides immediate feedback for any intercept missions related toaviation. DOT's Crisis Management Center (CMC) has reduced daily operations from0600-2400 to 0600-2000 Monday through Friday. There will be noweekend

staffing of the CMC unless further activation is required. FAA is providing domestic and international premium and non-premiumwar riskinsurance for U.S. carriers that request it. This is the first time domestic war riskinsurance has ever been issued. FEMA's Washington-based Emergency Response Team (EST) hasfullyactivated and on 24-hour operations. All 10 of the FEMA regions -headquartered

in Boston, NewYork City, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago, Denton, TX, Denver,San Francisco and Bothell, Wash. - are also fully activated.

FEMAhasactivated the Federal Response Plan. FEMAhasactivated its operations center, and is working closely with the FBI'sStrategic Operation Information Center (SOIC). FEMA's SIOC liaison has beenactivated.. CAPTURING IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS: The Office ofResearch andAcquisition (ARA) has established a system for employees and others to offersuggestions on improving safety andsecurity. The system has e-mail, fax, aswell as telephone capability. The e-mail address is 9-AWA.TELLFAA@faa.gov.

The fax number is 202-267-5091.The telephone number, which will be staffedMondays - Fridays, 8:30 a.m. is 1-866-289-9673. E-mail and fax are preferred.

ACS is coordinating with NRCofficials the monitoring of suspicious aircraftactivity in the vicinity of nuclear power plants. See NOTAM FDC 0530. DOT has nformed all modal administrations that DOT's Crisis ManagementCenter will remain active until at least October 17,2001.

Sources: FAA HQWOC, ACC, ATCSCC, ANE ROC,AEA ROC, ASO ROC,DOT/GET, FEMA, NOAA, MediaAuthorized for Release:

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Dan NoelManager, Emergency Operations Staff

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