How many planes landed in Moncton on 9 11?

Her plane was one of 10 that was grounded in Moncton.



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When the U.S. closed its airspace soon after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, 238 planes were diverted to Canadian airports. Seventy-five of those were sent to Newfoundland and Labrador. Gander, with its vast runways, took in 38, according to data from NAV Canada.

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As the most easterly existing land-based airport in North America at the time, Gander was an ideal refueling point for Allied aircraft traveling to and from Europe; it could also provide the greatest range for surveillance flights patrolling the western Atlantic.

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On Sept. 11, 2001, 343 firefighters and paramedics were killed, most when the towers collapsed. Now, an equal number have died from 9/11-related illnesses, the FDNY says.

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Nearly 3,000 people were killed when the hijacked planes were flown into the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon near Washington, DC, and when United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in the Pennsylvania countryside outside of Shanksville, PA.

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A third plane was crashed into the Pentagon, just outside Washington, DC. The fourth plane crashed in rural Pennsylvania after the crew and passengers attacked the terrorists on board, preventing it from hitting another target thought to be the White House.

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One plane (American Airlines Flight 77) crashed into the Pentagon military building in Arlington, Virginia, and another plane (United Airlines Flight 93) crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

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In Memoriam: September 11, 2001
  • United Flight 93. Capt. Jason Dahl. ...
  • United Flight 175. Capt. Victor Saracini. ...
  • American Flight 11. Capt. John Ogonowski. ...
  • American Flight 77. Capt. Charles Burlingame. ...
  • WE WILL NEVER FORGET. This article was originally published in the October 2020 issue of Air Line Pilot.


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Ultimately, 8 EMS providers and 343 firefighters died that day and countless more have succumbed to 9/11-related illnesses from their time working at Ground Zero.

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