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There have been claims, for many years, that the four 9/11 crash sites were not as they seemed.  These range from the view that the observed damage at one or more sites wasn't caused by a plane at all, to the acceptance that an aircraft was involved - but not one of the hijacked flights.  Critics of these ideas always wondered what happened to the original planes, but one particularly surprising answer has been presented: they're still flying.

{{divbox|amber||"The media and airlines tell us that N591UA and N612UA crashed on Sept 11, but FAA records say the planes are still valid and registered. And one UA employee let slip in his private website that he travelled on N591UA after sept 11, apparently not realising the significance of the plane’s ID"<br>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060821123411/http://www.nineeleven.co.uk/archive/dialoguewithholmgren.htm Web Archive source]}}

The registration numbers were in fact cancelled eventually, but not until 2005: see [http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNumSQL.asp?NNumbertxt=591UA| the record for N591UA] and [http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNumSQL.asp?NNumbertxt=612UA| number N612UA].  It could be argued that this was a response to being "exposed", an attempt to cover up the truth...  If it wasn't for the fact that other planes didn't similarly remain registered for years after being destroyed.  Here's an example.

{{divbox|amber||On July 26, 2002, FedEx flight 1478, a Boeing 727-232F (N497FE) struck trees on final approach to Tallahassee Regional Airport at 5:37 a.m. The flight had originated in Memphis, Tennessee. The captain, first officer and flight engineer were seriously injured, and the airplane was destroyed by impact and resulting fire.<br>http://web.archive.org/web/20060317052709/http://www.aviationattorneys.com/national-content.cfm/Article/6366/Fed-Ex-Aircraft-Crash-Caused-By-Crew.html}}

Destroyed, then? So then we visit [http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_inquiry.asp the FAA Registry], enter the number, and this record pops up as of 10th September 2007:

<div class="boilerplate metadata" id="" style="{{divstyleamber}}"><center><b></b></center>N497FE is Assigned<br><br>Assigned/Registered Aircraft<br><br>Manufacturer Name BOEING<br>Model 727-232  Status Valid<br><br>Registered Owner<br>FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION<br>http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNumSQL.asp?NNumbertxt=497FE</div><br>

Here’s another.

<div class="boilerplate metadata" id="" style="{{divstyleamber}}"><center><b></b></center>On January 1, 2002, about 1802 eastern standard time, a Piper PA-31-250, N3525Y, registered to Taurus Wings Inc., and operated by Air Taxi Inc., as a Title 14 CFR Part 135 on demand air taxi flight, ditched in the Atlantic Ocean, near Hollywood, Florida.<br>http://web.archive.org/web/20091025180615/http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?ev_id=20020107X00039&ntsbno=MIA02FA048&akey=1</div>

An FAA Registry check on 10th March 2006 tells us:

<div class="boilerplate metadata" id="" style="{{divstyleamber}}"><center><b></b></center>N3525Y is Assigned<br>

Assigned/Registered Aircraft<br>

Model PA-31-350  Status Valid<br>

Registered Owner: TAURUS WINGS INC<br>http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNumSQL.asp?NNumbertxt=3525Y</div>

(It finally seems to be acknowledged as invalid by September 10th 2007.) Interestingly, the model here is listed as a PA-31-350, while the NTSB report calls it a PA-31-250. It’s the same owner, though, so we’d suggest it’s probably the same plane. (And if it isn’t, this only shows the N-numbers can be reassigned, which doesn’t support Holmgren's case, either).

Then we went for a third, and quickly found this:

<div class="boilerplate metadata" id="" style="{{divstyleamber}}"><center><b></b></center>On October 18, 2001, at 1543 Alaska daylight time, a Bell 206L helicopter, N400EH, impacted the waters of Cook Inlet about six-tenths of a mile west of the shoreline off the approach end of runway 06 at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, Alaska. The pilot, who held a commercial pilot's certificate, expired as a result of the accident sequence.<br>http://web.archive.org/web/20051123073304/http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?ev_id=20011026X02150&ntsbno=SEA02FA008&akey=1</div>

And yet the FAA record as of 10th September 2007 says:

<div class="boilerplate metadata" id="" style="{{divstyleamber}}"><center><b></b></center>N400EH is Assigned<br>
Manufacturer Name BELL<br>
Model 206L<br>
Status Valid<br>http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNumSQL.asp?NNumbertxt=400EH</div>

Here’s an accident from 1987:

<div class="boilerplate metadata" id="" style="{{divstyleamber}}"><center><b></b></center>Type: Douglas DC-9-14<br>
Operator: Continental Airlines<br>
Registration: N626TX<br>
Airplane damage: Written off<br>http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19871115-0</div>

But as of September 10th 2007, it’s still showing with a “Valid” status, assigned to Continental Airlines:

<div class="boilerplate metadata" id="" style="{{divstyleamber}}"><center><b></b></center>N626TX is Assigned<br>

Manufacturer Name DOUGLAS <br>

Model DC-9-14 <br>

Status Valid <br>http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNumSQL.asp?NNumbertxt=626TX</div>

Almost 20 years after being written off, yet still registered?  A valid N-number is clearly not evidence that a plane is currently flying.  

But what about the "UA employee" who let slip he'd flown on the plane? Well, he isn't an employee of United Airlines, and he doesn't have much interest in conspiracy theories. In fact his page ended with the comment:

{{divbox|amber||If you have a problem with the data on my page, well, you probably need to find more outside hobbies"<br>'''web.archive.org/web/*/http://friedmanfamily.org/ua2003''' (broken now, read more at http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2004/12/306111.shtml}}

Still, he does note that he flew on a flight with the registration number N591UA on 4/10/2003. Could this be true? We checked at www.bts.gov, and it seems not. The plane taking that flight is on record as being N594UA.

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So you can choose to believe that the conspirators allowed the planes to keep flying, without changing their numbers, even though they would be observed, photographed and filmed by thousands upon thousands of passengers and plane-spotters.  The latter who would spot and expose this immediately, yet mysteriously have failed to do so.  

Or, you might think this person made an error, perhaps misreading a 4 as a 1 when he came to type up his notes.  That's by far the most likely explanation to us, but of course it's your call.