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What are you talking about?? The passengers had absolutely no idea that the hijackers were going to crash the plane, let alone fly it into the World Trade Center. If the people on board thought for even a moment that the plane would intentionally be crashed, especially into a civilian target like the WTC, then they would have stormed the cockpit like the brave passengers of Flight 93 did after they heard of the three crashes in NYC and DC.
Originally posted by TSOM87
Well IMO she doesn't sound like shes on a High jacked plane. Also you would think knowing that you where going to crash into the World Trade center you would have at least some panic in your voice while everyone else is going nuts on the plane. Weird!
I know if i had to make that sort of call to my family i would be in so much panic that my family would think its a prank call. Then again thats me.
Tsom87
Originally posted by ImAPepper
Originally posted by jprophet420
Thats amazing, because the caller ID reported her cellphone number.
Well, you are 1/2 correct
She actually made two calls. One from her GTE Airphone @9:47 and then one from her cell phone @9:58.
The first call was the one that went to the answering machine.
At around 9:58 she reached her husband via cellphone:
"Babe, my plane's been hijacked," she said.
"Huh? Stop joking," he said.
"No babe, I wouldn't joke like that. I love you. Tell the boys I love them."
The pair prayed. In the background, Lorne Lyles could hear what he now believes was the sound of men planning a counterattack.
"They're getting ready to force their way into the cockpit," she told him. ... CeeCee Lyles let out a scream.
"They're doing it! They're doing it! They're doing it!" she said. Lorne Lyles heard a scream. Then his wife said something he couldn't understand. Then the line went dead.
So, please keep in mind that the call via cell phone was able to connect due to the altitude of the plane at that time.
Thank you Jp, I hope that assisted you.
-Dr. P
The downsides of 2G systems, not often well publicized, are:
In less populous areas, the weaker digital signal may not be sufficient to reach a cell tower. This tends to be a particular problem on 2G systems deployed on higher frequencies, but is mostly not a problem on 2G systems deployed on lower frequencies. National regulations differ greatly among countries which dictate where 2G can be deployed.
Analog has a smooth decay curve, digital a jagged steppy one. This can be both an advantage and a disadvantage. Under good conditions, digital will sound better. Under slightly worse conditions, analog will experience static, while digital has occasional dropouts. As conditions worsen, though, digital will start to completely fail, by dropping calls or being unintelligible, while analog slowly gets worse, generally holding a call longer and allowing at least a few words to get through.
While digital calls tend to be free of static and background noise, the lossy compression used by the codecs takes a toll; the range of sound that they convey is reduced. You'll hear less of the tonality of someone's voice talking on a digital cellphone, but you will hear it more clearly.
Originally posted by SphinxMontreal
"She actually made two calls. One from her GTE Airphone @9:47 and then one from her cell phone @9:58. The first call was the one that went to the answering machine. At around 9:58 she reached her husband via cellphone:"
She makes two calls within a minute with two different phones, approximately eight to nine minutes before the plane impacting the ground. Why did she use two different phones? Would this not have drawn more attention to her?
Originally posted by jprophet420
Unfortunately for the OS the reason the cell phone call was physically impossible was because of the velocity of the plane, not the altitude.
In 2001, all cell phones were 2g. There was not enough time to connect the call and switch it effectively.
The downsides of 2G systems, not often well publicized, are:
In less populous areas, the weaker digital signal may not be sufficient to reach a cell tower. This tends to be a particular problem on 2G systems deployed on higher frequencies, but is mostly not a problem on 2G systems deployed on lower frequencies. National regulations differ greatly among countries which dictate where 2G can be deployed.
Analog has a smooth decay curve, digital a jagged steppy one. This can be both an advantage and a disadvantage. Under good conditions, digital will sound better. Under slightly worse conditions, analog will experience static, while digital has occasional dropouts. As conditions worsen, though, digital will start to completely fail, by dropping calls or being unintelligible, while analog slowly gets worse, generally holding a call longer and allowing at least a few words to get through.
While digital calls tend to be free of static and background noise, the lossy compression used by the codecs takes a toll; the range of sound that they convey is reduced. You'll hear less of the tonality of someone's voice talking on a digital cellphone, but you will hear it more clearly.
Originally posted by Rasputin13
What are you talking about?? The passengers had absolutely no idea that the hijackers were going to crash the plane, let alone fly it into the World Trade Center. If the people on board thought for even a moment that the plane would intentionally be crashed, especially into a civilian target like the WTC, then they would have stormed the cockpit like the brave passengers of Flight 93 did after they heard of the three crashes in NYC and DC.
Originally posted by TSOM87
Well IMO she doesn't sound like shes on a High jacked plane. Also you would think knowing that you where going to crash into the World Trade center you would have at least some panic in your voice while everyone else is going nuts on the plane. Weird!
I know if i had to make that sort of call to my family i would be in so much panic that my family would think its a prank call. Then again thats me.
Tsom87
Originally posted by Flighty
***Why is this womans whisper as loud as, if not louder than CeeCee's talking voice??? This woman would've had to have leaned over CeeCee to whisper this into her phone. Why would she do this?
***There is no way a whisper from someone sitting next to CC would be picked up so clearly by CeeCees phone UNLESS the woman took the phone from CC specifically to whisper this. Why would she do this?
OR the woman was practically sitting on top of CC and had her ear as close to the phone as CC for her to be able to whisper this so quickly and loudly straight after CC had finished speaking.
"...CCs call wasn't made from an Airphone but a business type phone that had multiple lines."
Originally posted by ImAPepper
Originally posted by jprophet420
Thats amazing, because the caller ID reported her cellphone number.
Well, you are 1/2 correct
She actually made two calls. One from her GTE Airphone @9:47 and then one from her cell phone @9:58.
The first call was the one that went to the answering machine.
At around 9:58 she reached her husband via cellphone:
"Babe, my plane's been hijacked," she said.
"Huh? Stop joking," he said.
"No babe, I wouldn't joke like that. I love you. Tell the boys I love them."
The pair prayed. In the background, Lorne Lyles could hear what he now believes was the sound of men planning a counterattack.
"They're getting ready to force their way into the cockpit," she told him. ... CeeCee Lyles let out a scream.
"They're doing it! They're doing it! They're doing it!" she said. Lorne Lyles heard a scream. Then his wife said something he couldn't understand. Then the line went dead.
So, please keep in mind that the call via cell phone was able to connect due to the altitude of the plane at that time.
Thank you Jp, I hope that assisted you.
-Dr. P
Originally posted by Mr Headshot
Well, it could be someone on the flight with her telling her she did great in staying strong through the phone call.
This is jumping a bit, clutching at straws if you will. I'm as big a conspiracy theorist as the next guy, but this is easy to write off.