Boeing 757-200 crash, Sep 11, 2001 (44 killed), Shanksville
Boeing 757-200 accident on September 11, 2001 near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, United States with 44 fatalities. Cause: Not determined. Terrorist...
- Date: September 11, 2001
- Aircraft: Boeing 757-200
- Location: Shanksville, Pennsylvania, United States
- Fatalities: 44
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Not determined. Terrorist hijacking; the NTSB made no probable cause finding and deferred to the FBI.
United Airlines flight 93 was hijacked after leaving Newark, and passengers and crew fought the hijackers in the cockpit. The Boeing 757 crashed in an open field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and all aboard died. The NTSB did not determine a probable cause because the case fell under the FBI.