Sometimes one story a journalist covers leads to another one without them anticipating it.
About a week ago I wrote a piece titled “Pesky 9/11 Conspiracies Remain Without Explanation!”
That article centered on a recent interview of the very popular Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson (R) with the famous journalist podcaster Tucker Carlson. But in the last week a news story broke on the Internet for a second time. The original story was broken by TMZ back in 2023 but did not get much traction or notice.
The question being asked is: Was there a fifth plane planned for the 9/11 terrorist attacks?
TMZ’s Harvey Levin did a short documentary of United Airlines flight crew 23, a Boeing 767, of September 11, 2001 fully loaded with fuel destined for Los Angeles. In that interview Levin interviewed several older flight crew members which gave their firsthand account of the events of that horrific morning. Levin reported United Flight 23 was grounded after the World Trade Center was hit along with all other commercial planes that morning. Levin revealed several shocking things that came out of TMZ’s investigation as follows:
- At least 5 suspicious passengers were aboard the plane, 4 appearing Arab in First Class and a man sweating profusely in the back of coach.
- One of the 4 Arab people in First Class wore a woman’s burka but appeared to be a man.
- Box cutters were found in the seat pockets of another Boeing 767 with an FAA plane number one digit off from the one of Flight 23 after 9/11.
- After the plane was emptied and locked for inspection by the FBI, 2 more persons were seen running inside the plane down the aisle.
- Later a floor trapdoor was found removed in the front of the plane leading down to the electronics bay under the cockpit with an exterior escape hatch open behind the leading landing gear down to the tarmac.
Now retired United Airlines Captain Tom Mannello speculates that the box cutters placed on a plane one FAA identification digit off from his plane were intended to kill him as well as his flight crew; had they not been mistakenly placed on another plane rather than his. He speculates somebody in the ground crew planted those weapons in those seat pockets for later use and noted the plane saw housekeeping, food catering, mechanics, and others, before the flight crew was present.
The stories of United Flight 23 were not included in the official 9/11 Commission Report and investigation. The FBI never publicly released their findings. United Airlines never spoke of Flight 23 events either.
But this is not some crazy conspiracy theory story because it spread widely across the aviation industry including both airline pilots and flight attendants! They have known it, WE, THE PASSENGER PEOPLE, did not.
CONCLUSION:
It is difficult to determine why this video was released this decade, now twice, but one could easily speculate that it might be because the United Airlines employees in this video are now retired. It might be because we have a new President Donald Trump rather than Joe Biden. It might also be related to the fact the FBI is taking a serious look at the possibility that this United Flight 23 was destined to hit either the Capitol building or White House.
“FBI acknowledges it’s actively investigating apparent attempt to hijack a fifth flight on 9/11”- Florida Bulldog
The release of this news story might be related to the fact that the 9/11 Families are pursuing legal action against Saudi Arabia, alleging their involvement in the 9/11 attacks. The Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) was passed in 2016. This relatively new act allows them to sue the country of Saudi Arabia, though the legal process has been complex and lengthy.
A final piece to this puzzle might also be related to the sudden suspicious death of one of the leaders of this 9/11 Families movement. Beverly Eckert asked former President Barack Obama directly for opening a second 9/11 investigation into the events of that day related to the death of her husband and 3,000 others that day.
Eckert was co-chair of the 9/11Family Steering Committee. She rejected the $1.8 million dollar settlement offer by the government wanting answers to her husband’s (Sean) death instead. She filed a lawsuit against the government and was considered a loudmouth in the 9/11 Truth movement. She died in a plane crash days after meeting President Obama related to this matter.
“A 9/11 Widow Recalls Her Husband’s Last Call” – Story Corps
Few things upset me to cause me to lie awake at night without falling asleep. This story I missed in 2023 was one of those. I thank TMZ for releasing it twice now. After 9/11 TSA (Aviation and Transportation Security Act) was formed by President George Bush Jr. Our talking political heads love their clichés and one that arrived with TSA was “If you see something, say something.”
Nobody told us to be looking for box cutters in the seat pockets of our commercial airlines though. Nobody told us to be looking for men wearing burkas going through airports. Nobody told us certain ground crew members allowed out on our airport tarmacs might be co-conspirator enemies trying to kill us. Nobody told us, “Screw political correctness and racial profiling is good to go now!”
Maybe when a group of people yell “Death to America,” we should take that for what it is; a declaration of war!
And for the mentally ill propagandist lefties out there who would now paint me a racist…
I had a young female Pakistani Muslim heart surgeon fix my heart and one of my dearest college teaching colleagues was a Palestinian Muslim from Israel. Both of them fled their respective countries because they did not want themselves or their families persecuted or murdered for their desire to live free, without fear, while practicing their professions.
As a Christian we are taught the art of discernment. These two people are highly intelligent intellectuals, not inbred idiots. That is why I am proud to consider them my friends.
© 2025 by Mark S. Schwendau
