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Relates how the passengers and flight attendants on Flight 93 banded together on September 11, 2001 to fight terrorists who had hijacked their plane. Telephone calls which they made to their families; Details of how they planned a rebellion and charged the cockpit; How tapes from the cockpit voice recorder suggest that the hijackers flew the plane into the ground under assault from the passengers.

Relates how the passengers and flight attendants on Flight 93 banded together on September 11, 2001 to fight terrorists who had hijacked their plane. Telephone calls which they made to their families; Details of how they planned a rebellion and charged the cockpit; How tapes from the cockpit voice recorder suggest that the hijackers flew the plane into the ground under assault from the passengers.

The article discusses methods used by British intelligence agencies to stop a terrorist plot to blow up airliners headed from Britain to the United States. The suspects, who were arrested in 2006, were under surveillance by British authorities since 2003, when the British Muslim community and Pakistani intelligence provided a tip. INSETS: Terror's Deadly Ingenuity;Airports on High Alert.

The author reports that Tayib Rauf was released by British police investigating a plot to bomb flights from Britain to the U.S. Tayib, the younger brother of Rashid Rauf, an alleged mastermind of the airline plot, is believed not to have known about it. His release is raising questions about whether British authorities have bungled the investigation.

Discusses the failure of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to investigate the presence of Al-Qaeda operatives in the United States before the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Link between terrorist Omar al-Bayoumi and two of the hijackers; Involvement of Saudi Arabian officials in the monitoring of the hijackers; Criticism of the U.S. Pentagon for resisting military strikes against Al Qaeda camps.

Reports on the role of the Taliban, an extremist Islamic movement in Afghanistan, during the hijacking and hostage situation aboard an Indian Airlines plane in winter 1999. How the hijackers acquired weapons after landing in Afghanistan; How the Taliban allowed the hijackers to escape; Questions over whether the Taliban is part of anti-Indian sentiment.

Reports on the role of the Taliban, an extremist Islamic movement in Afghanistan, during the hijacking and hostage situation aboard an Indian Airlines plane in winter 1999. How the hijackers acquired weapons after landing in Afghanistan; How the Taliban allowed the hijackers to escape; Questions over whether the Taliban is part of anti-Indian sentiment.

Offers information on the Japanese airplane hijacking of Nippon Airways Flight 61 by Yuji Nishizawa. How he obtained control of the airplane using a kitchen knife; Cooperation between passengers and crew to restrain the hijacker; Injuries, including the death of pilot Naoyuki Nagashima; Safety questions raised by Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi.