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9/11: Control the Skies

2019 45m ⭐ 4.0/10 Documentary · 9/11

With US airspace shut down for the first time in history on September 11, air traffic controllers scrambled to safely land 224 planes across the country in just four hours, without a single incident.

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Details

Year
2019
Runtime
45m
Rating
4.0 / 10
Format
Documentary Film
Country
United States of America
Platform
Disney+

Why Watch This

This is one of the more procedural, less emotionally heavy entries on this list — a genuinely impressive logistics story about landing an entire nation's worth of aircraft in a few hours with no modern precedent to work from, told by the controllers who actually did it.

If the air traffic control angle interested you, 9/11: The Plane That Hit the Pentagon and 9/11: One Day in America cover other operational, behind-the-scenes threads from the same day.

Where to Watch

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many planes were grounded on 9/11?
Around 4,500 aircraft were in US airspace when it was shut down; the documentary focuses on the roughly 224 planes still airborne needing to land.
Had US airspace ever been fully closed before?
No, this was the first full shutdown of US airspace in aviation history.
Were there any incidents during the landings?
No, all planes were landed safely within about four hours, without incident.
Where can I watch it?
9/11: Control the Skies is streaming on Disney+.

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