The Strange Encounter of Anthony F. Mazza at Newark Airport on 9/11...
By Mark Conlon
On 9/11, Anthony F. Mazza was working at Newark Airport as a fuelling technician. One of the planes he provided with fuel was United Airlines 'Flight 93'. In the cockpit of the plane he met a person who was apparently neither Leroy Homer, Jr, the co-pilot, nor Jason Dahl, the pilot.
Leroy Homer, Jr
Jason Dahl
On Oct. 19, 2001, he was interviewed by the FBI. Here's the FBI report below:
Anthony F. Mazza, Mazza has worked as a fueler for Ogden Aviation Services at Newark International Airport since 1973. Mazza fueled United Airlines flight 93 on September 11, 2001 prior to its departure and crash in western Pennsylvania. Mazza stated that everything seemed normal on the flight including the amount of fuel that was pumped into flight 93's tank.
Mazza stated that prior to the passengers boarding flight 93, he had completed fueling the plane and proceeded to the cockpit to inform the co-pilot of the completed task. This has been the standard operating procedure for United flights out of Newark for many years. Mazza entered the cockpit where he handed the fueling sheet to a young Caucasian male, well groomed, brown hair and a white shirt, who was sitting in the co-pilot's seat. The male responded to Mazza by saying thank you and taking the paper from him. Mazza then departed flight 93 prior to the passengers boarding. Mazza stated that this was approximately 30 minutes prior to the scheduled departure time.
Mazza was interviewed by FAA employee John Patani shortly after the crash in western Pennsylvania. Mazza stated that he reported that there was nothing unusual on the day of the flight and that the plane had been fueled without incident.
On Friday, October 12, 2001 Mazza saw a memorial for the crew of flight 93 and saw pictures of the co-pilot of flight 93. The picture was the actual co-pilot of flight 93, who was Leroy Homer. Mazza stated that he was certain that the co-pilot he spoke with was not Mr. Homer.
My Thoughts...
The FBI report ends here and leaves the reader to question - Who was the "male" in the co-pilot's seat, if it wasn't neither Leroy Homer or Jason Dahl, the pilot?
After seeing the memorial, Mazza obviously took the initiative to contact the FBI. Had he identified Dahl - whose picture he certainly saw, too - as the "male", he would not have felt compelled to call the FBI? When interviewing Mazza, the FBI surely asked him about this possibility and probably showed photos of Dahl again. In any case, the absence of Dahl in the report makes it clear that he was not the "male" either, and Dahl was 43 years old, not really a young man like the "male" as described by Mazza.
Jere Longman describes the United Airlines routine pre-flight procedures. Before the passengers board a plane, it has to be checked, of course. Basically the captain looks after the cockpit instruments along a pre-flight checklist while the first officer checks the plane outside (tires etc.).
The fact that Mazza met neither Dahl nor Homer is even more compelling than the presence of the "male".
A question that comes to mind is: Were there duplication planes involved?
It is known that according to United Airlines ACARS messages, UA Flight 93 took-off at 8:28am, in contradiction to the "official" take-off time of 8:42am. There also appears to be two different accounts of passengers boarding the plane taking place of Flight 93. One of the boarding was from the tarmac. I will be addressing more about these points in future blogs.
Research source: http://911woodybox.blogspot.com/2009/09/who-was-male-in-flight-93s-co-pilot.html
Thank you for reading and caring.
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