United 93

Corrected entry: In the beginning of the movie when the United pilots are walking toward the plane they show United 93 at its gate. The plane shown is a Boeing 777 and not the 757-222.

Correction: It IS a 757-222 continuously throughout the film, including all shots of the pilots walking towards it.

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Corrected entry: According to the 9/11 Commission, the hijackers all retreated into the cockpit prior to the charge.

Correction: No one knows what happened exactly. The filmmakers are allowed to improvise.

Corrected entry: In what is believed to be the final few minutes of flight 93, we know factually that Todd Beamer said, "Okay. Let's Roll." In the movie, in the scenes believed to represent what really happened, some other passenger (not the actor playing Todd Beamer) is the one making the final bold encouragement statements, but it isnt "Okay. Let's Roll. The passenger states, "Okay are we ready to roll?"

Correction: Actually, the passenger says "Come on guys, let's roll".

Corrected entry: In every Air Traffic Control room, the scopes still display the hijacked aircraft's information regardless of the fact that they have turned the transponders off ("we are tracking a primary" as said in the movie). Primary (non-squawking) targets show only as blips with no information on radar scopes.

Correction: Primary Targets can be tagged by the controller to help them remember callsigns, etc.

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Mistakes

Continuity mistake: After the hijackers have taken over the plane, the blond flight attendant's hair, styled in a French Twist, keeps changing from messy (presumably from the chaos) to as smooth and neat as when she boarded the plane. She's never offscreen long enough to have simply fixed it. Not until the passengers revolt does it remain disheveled.

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Quotes

Honor Elizabeth Wainio: Hi, Mom, it's me. I'm on the plane that's been hijacked. I'm just calling to tell you that I love you, and goodbye. This really kind woman handed me the phone and she said to call you.

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Trivia

Trivia: The FAA National Operations Manager, Ben Sliney, was played by himself. September 11/2001 was also his first day on the job.

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Questions

Question: How exactly did Ben Sliney determine from watching the CNN report that the plane had struck the North Tower from the west, based on the position of the sun? Seems a bit of a reach given that there were huge, gaping holes on all 4 sides of the building, and theoretically, any one of those could've been the point of entry for the plane. (00:38:23)

Answer: The hole where the plane went into the building is shaped very specifically where you can see the outline of the wings, the middle of the plane, not to mention its size. The holes on the other side of the building did not have this same outline. It wouldn't be difficult to determine that was the point of entry. Not to mention the CNN report focused very heavily on the point of entry hole on the north tower and hardly focused on the other sides because of it until the 2nd tower got hit. They were very clear in the report where the hole was where it got hit. Wasn't difficult to determine with both witness reports coming in fast and the shape of the outline.

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