Tuesday,
3-Feb-2015
By Prof
Michel Chossudovsky
Global Research, February 01, 2015
The
following article published more than ten years ago, in August 2004 refutes the
9/11 Commission script as to what actually happened on the planes.
Much of
this detailed information was based on alleged cell phone conversations between
passengers and family members. Yet the technology to use a cell phone on a
plane above 8500 feet did not exist in September 2001.
A
revised version of the article was subsequently published in my book entitled America’s “War on Terrorism”, Montreal
2005, which can be ordered directly from Global Research
More Holes in the Official Story: The 9/11 Cell Phone Calls original
by Michel Chossudovsky
Global
Research, August 10, 2004
“We Have
Some Planes”
The 9/11
Commission’s Report provides an almost visual description of the Arab
hijackers. It depicts in minute detail events occurring inside the cabin of the
four hijacked planes.
In the
absence of surviving passengers, this “corroborating evidence”, was based on
passengers’ cell and air phone conversations with their loved ones. According
to the Report, the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) was only recovered in the case
of one of the flights (UAL 93).
Focusing
on the personal drama of the passengers, the Commission has built much of its
narrative around the phone conversations. The Arabs are portrayed with their
knives and box cutters, scheming in the name of Allah, to bring down the
planes and turn them “into large guided missiles” (Report, Chapter 1, http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/911Report_Ch1.pdf ).
The
Technology of Wireless Transmission
The
Report conveys the impression that cell phone ground-to-air communication from
high altitude was of reasonably good quality, and that there was no major
impediment or obstruction in wireless transmission.
Some of
the conversations were with onboard air phones, which contrary to the cell
phones provide for good quality transmission. The report does not draw a clear
demarcation between the two types of calls.
More
significantly, what this carefully drafted script fails to mention is that,
given the prevailing technology in September 2001, it was extremely difficult,
if not impossible, to place a wireless cell call from an aircraft traveling at
high speed above 8000 feet:
“Wireless
communications networks weren’t designed for ground-to-air communication.
Cellular experts privately admit that they’re surprised the calls were able to
be placed from the hijacked planes, and that they lasted as long as they did.
They speculate that the only reason that the calls went through in the first
place is that the aircraft were flying so close to the ground
Expert
opinion within the wireless telecom industry casts serious doubt on “the
findings” of the 9/11 Commission. According to Alexa Graf, a spokesman of
AT&T, commenting in the immediate wake of the 9/11 attacks:
“it was
almost a fluke that the [9/11] calls reached their destinations… From high
altitudes, the call quality is not very good, and most callers will experience
drops. Although calls are not reliable, callers can pick up and hold calls for
a little while below a certain altitude”
New
Wireless Technology
While
serious doubts regarding the cell calls were expressed in the immediate
aftermath of 9/11, a new landmark in the wireless telecom industry has further
contributed to upsetting the Commission’s credibility. Within days of the
release of the 9/11 Commission Report in July, American Airlines and Qualcomm,
proudly announced the development of a new wireless technology –which will at
some future date allow airline passengers using their cell phones to contact
family and friends from a commercial aircraft (no doubt at a special rate
aerial roaming charge)
“Travelers
could be talking on their personal cellphones as early as 2006. Earlier this
month [July 2004], American Airlines conducted a trial run on a modified
aircraft that permitted cell phone calls.” (WP, July 27, 2004)
Aviation
Week (07/20/04) described this new technology in an authoritative report
published in July 2004:
“Qualcomm
and American Airlines are exploring [July 2004] ways for passengers to use
commercial cell phones inflight for air-to-ground communication. In a recent
2-hr. proof-of-concept flight, representatives from government and the media
used commercial Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) third-generation cell
phones to place and receive calls and text messages from friends on the ground.
For the
test flight from Dallas-Fort Worth, the aircraft was equipped with an antenna
in the front and rear of the cabin to transmit cell phone calls to a small
in-cabin CDMA cellular base station. This “pico cell” transmitted cell phone
calls from the aircraft via a Globalstar satellite to the worldwide terrestrial
phone network”
Needless
to say, neither the service, nor the “third generation” hardware, nor the
“Picco cell” CDMA base station inside the cabin (which so to speak mimics a
cell phone communication tower inside the plane) were available on the morning
of September 11, 2001.
The 911
Commission points to the clarity and detail of these telephone conversations.
In
substance, the Aviation Week report creates yet another embarrassing hitch in
the official story.
The
untimely July American Airlines / Qualcomm announcement acted as a cold shower.
Barely acknowledged in press reports, it confirmed that the Bush administration
had embroidered the cell phone narrative (similar to what they did with WMDs)
and that the 9/11 Commission’s Account was either flawed or grossly
exaggerated.
Altitude
and Cellphone Transmission
Continue
reading here >>> http://www.globalresearch.ca/what-happened-on-the-planes-on-september-11-2001-the-911-commission-script-was-fabricated/5428771
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