The proponents of the 9/11 "official story" are splitting up on the issue of the departure of Flight 11:
Flight 11 pushed back from Gate 32 in Terminal B at 7:40. (9/11 commission final report)
However, the departure of flight 11 is described most accurately by DER SPIEGEL, the German weekly, in a cover story from December 2001. The newspapers sent one of his teams to Boston to interview eyewitnesses:
http://news.globalfreepress.com/ewing/flight11_spiegel911.pdf Page 37/38 (Attention, 3,9 MB, in German).
The SPIEGEL reporters tell a different story (translation from German):
Atta and Umari are reaching Gate 26 at 7:25. Some witnesses recall them running. But they are not too late. The boarding has not yet begun. Ten minutes later, i.e ten minutes before start, the passengers are called to embark on the plane. In the USA, people are taking flights like busses.
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Atta and Umari approach the security check in front of the gate. The metal detectors don't raise alarm. The X-ray pictures of their bags don't show anything that raises the suspicion of the security personnel. But even knives as long as 12 inches wouldn't have violated the then valid security rules. Atta and Umari have passed the procedure without problems. "Thank you, Sir." The coup is going on. "Thank you, Sir. Have a good flight."
Gate 26. They sit down for three, four minutes. Flight attendants in blue-red AA uniforms are sorting out papers and checking computer lists. Flight 11 is a F9C19Y53-Job, i.e. there are 9 passengers in first class, 19 in business class, and 53 people have taken economy. These lists also contain the seat numbers of Mohammed Atta (8D), Abd Al-Asis al-Umari (8G), Wail al-Schehri (2A), Walid al-Scheri (2B), and Satam al-Suqami (10B). The conspirators must have met at the gate already. The team is complete. The coup is going on.
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Boston, September 11, 7:30 a.m. The passengers are scraping their feet in front of Gate 26, 81 people, carrying bags and newspapers. They are making phone calls, rustling with newspapers and drink their "Latte Decaf Fat-Free".
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Finally, Mohammed Atta embarks on the plane, together with the other passengers. He's the "boss" - this is how Jarrah called him on a message on his cell phone mailbox: "Boss Atta". It is 7:36. The start will be delayed by 14 minutes, so it leaves at 7:59.So, after being in Boston DER SPIEGEL says that
Flight 11 departed from Gate 26 and was delayed, ie. it left the gate later than 7:45.According to he New York Times, by the way,
Flight 11 pushed back at 7:45 from Gate 32.http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/national/16TEXT-FLIGHT11.htmlSo who is right?
Flight 11 - The Twin Flight
http://911wideopen.com/mirror/twin11-1/twin-11-mod.html