There have been very breifly mentioned reports in the UK that there
were 8 (eight) planes hijacked in total. The suspicion being that the
US Air Force shot down 4 of them(possibly 5?) once it was clear what
was inended for them. This tallies with reports yesterday just after
the first three attacks that more planes were in the air and off-
course. It could of course be rubbish, but who knows?
― phil, Wednesday, 12 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link