80 minutes that changed aviation

9/11 remembered

Twenty years ago civilian aircraft became weapons of terror. It was unprecedented. Aviation News examines the ongoing effects of 9/11 and, in the following pages, looks back at those fateful flights

For more on 9/11's legacy on the commercial aviation industry, check out the September 2021 edition of our sister title Airliner World
Airliner World

Just two simple numbers – 9/11 – have come to symbolise a terrorist attack on the United States that shocked the world and forever changed perceptions of aviation.

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