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ZDC INTERVIEWS 12/3/03 - Washington D.C. Enroute CenterIssue of
recording interviews comes up. Raised by David W eigand and Kenneth
(ZDCUnion Rep). End result, interviewee has right to object to
recording, though will not becoached by either FAA GC or Union
Rep.Guy Slone (started out R03 and R06 during 9/11)
v \ N o objection to recording,\
Controllerfor14yrs-allatZDC.
. - W orking Area 4 (Morefield) Sector for last 4 years. Spent
10 yr s in Area BHJ training? Yes, dozens of times. Always in the
simulator. Monitor for HJ, ifyou see one, let supervisor know.V Any
training on what to do if lost transponder, comm s? No, but if the
word "trip"was used, would know it was a HJ.- Real world experience
where both transponder an d comms lost? No.- Pre-9/11 transponder
loss? Yes, regularly. Communicate with ac to reset an d
check transponder.- Aware of gaps in primary coverage? W ell,
"mosaic" systems w ill always havegaps. Not perfect accuracy or
coverage. Our ac separation is] 1 at terminalsit i'sD(more precise
radars)- Pre\9/l 1 understanding of NOR AD? Yes, basically DO D air
defense for thenation. Knew they used different radars. M inimal
interaction withNORAD/Huntress.9/11: W as training awatchstander in
Sector 3, We worked FLT 77 outbound.No problems w hatsoever. Never
knew of any issues with it.- Supervisor, Dennis O'Hare came around
an d notified everyone on the floor thatan ac had run into the WT
C. Others came in with word that a 2nd ac hit W TC."Pretty much
chaos" after that. W e were instructed to land all ac.Chaos? Frpm
th e standpoint that we were careful NOT to talk about the HJs
onthe comms.- Told of other, hj? W e were told that there may be
others (hj) ~ was notified that anumber of ac from overseas were
suspect.- Not aware of any HJ ac inbound to D.C.W e understood that
Cleveland Center ha d called us to help track an ac in theirarea
that they were concerned it was h j .Made aware of FLT 77 was
missing, probably 20-30 minutes after it went missing.Instructed by
his Supervisor (recall it distinctly) to turn on primaries to look
fo rAN Y unusu al primaries - not specifically FLT 77, Looking for
high-speedprimaries.
- Primary searching was before th e mass-landing
order.Instruction to land all ac came down, don't remember exactly
how. BecameVER Y busy in coordinating. Instructed pilots that
inquired that it was a "nationalemergency." Everyo nd lands. W e
had military fighters everywhere.W e had a line of comm unication w
ith HUN TRESS. But I do not specificallyremember talking to them u
ntil much later in the day. In our area we were talkingto them via
the Sector 6 ('] |) as it has a dedicated line of
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communication line with HUNTRESS. 1 iI 1Unsure if any other bays
had that pre-9/11.GS coordinated thearrival of theAttorney General
- spoke to thepilot of AG's ac,an d with a very low level person at
HUNTRESS.Could anything that day happened better? No.
When primaries are turned on you get thousands of hits - even
automobiles on thehighw ays, the hit on a Toyota is the same size
as an ac. Can only differentiatebased on speed. "Probably the same
for all of the bays."
