have a reserve
What do you mean there's no one there? Well, you guys must have a backup.United 93 · 2006 — 第 6 / 17 章 · 2'29" · B2
FAA Pulls the Tapes, Scrambles Jets, Explained：pull the tapes
The command center finally gets proof: Boston Center pulled the tapes, and the recording says, "We have some planes." A southbound 767 then vanishes near Manhattan, and the room shifts from tracking a target to asking for permission to put fighters in the air.
あらすじ
As the hijackings unfold, the FAA and military command centers struggle to keep up. Boston Center pulls the cockpit tapes and confirms the chilling words: "We have some planes." A southbound American 767 loses contact, disappears near Manhattan, and the room asks for scramble authority to get Otis fighters airborne.
注目の表現
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このシーンの表現
pull the tapes
obtain the recordings
Boston Center has the recording of the suspicious transmission pulled so the room can hear it.
Could you pull the tapes from the control room?
このシーンの他の表現
- backup
a reserve person or plan
- squawking
a transponder sending a signal
- scramble authority
permission to launch fighters
- radar coverage
the area radar can see
- voice recognition
identifying a voice by its sound
このシーンのメモ一覧
50 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ
immediately
Whatever information they got, they got to give it to us right away.concessive clause: Whatever ... means no matter what they have; the main clause still stands.
Whatever information they got, they got to give it to us right away.nobody on duty
Hijack controller, no one at the desk. No backup.away on holiday
Looks like they're on vacation. No backup?Link talking and to; the to softens to a light tuh.
Who were you talking to downstairs?passing on the message
I'm relaying the information, and then he's moving...had the recordings obtained
We got it. We got the tapes. Boston Center got the tapes pulled.a suspicious radio message
That was the suspicious transmission.any in questions: In questions, any asks whether even one instance exists.
Was there any voice recognition?Was there any blurs together; the there almost disappears.
Was there any voice recognition?an exclamation of shock — A raw exclamation; avoid it in polite or formal talk.
Jesus Christ.watch closely
Keep an eye on it. Now watch.The is in Nobody's is swallowed; stress lands on talking.
He's southbound, 767. Nobody's talking to him.tell them
I just called the room up and let them know about it.discover
Call Kennedy up. Find out if they have it. We don't know where American is, all right?noun clause: A question word inside a statement keeps normal word order: where American is.
Call Kennedy up. Find out if they have it. We don't know where American is, all right?sending a radar signal — Aviation jargon; keep it inside the trade.
Get me something. Nothing's squawking.on their radar screens
They don't see him anymore on their scopes.under radar reach
They think maybe he went below radar coverage.launch fighters in a hurry — Military aviation talk; only when the context fits.
We need scramble authority.「FAA Pulls the Tapes, Scrambles Jets」を読み解く
What's really going on
The chapter is about information arriving too slowly to be useful. Controllers chase a target across screens, radios, and phone lines, and the one hard fact they get is a recording: "We have some planes." From there the scene turns into a race between two kinds of authority - the air traffic side asking Kennedy and Newark if anyone has him, and the military side needing permission before it can launch. The target vanishes near Manhattan, and the room's language switches from tracking to weapons: Otis at battle stations, scramble authority, birds in the air. Nobody in the room yet says the word attack. They still talk like air traffic controllers, because that is the only vocabulary they have for what is happening, and the gap between their calm procedure and the catastrophe is the whole point.
Theme
DutyControllers and officers stay inside their procedures, tracking targets and requesting clearances even as the crisis outruns them.
PowerEvery action needs authority, from calling other towers to launching fighters, and the chain of command slows the response.
このチャプターで学べること
- A missing backup shows how thin the desk really is.
- The tapes turn a rumor into a recorded fact.
- A target vanishes and the room dials every tower.
- Jargon here is not decoration; it is the job.
発音のポイント
- talking to — Link talking and to; the to softens to a light tuh.
- Was there any — Was there any blurs together; the there almost disappears.
- Nobody's talking — The is in Nobody's is swallowed; stress lands on talking.
We got it. We got the tapes. Boston Center got the tapes pulled.The command center finally has the cockpit recording in hand - Boston Center retrieved it - and the tape is treated as the first hard evidence of the hijacking.
Whatever information they got, they got to give it to us right away.A demand that any agency holding information pass it up the chain immediately, reflecting how far the response has fallen behind events.
They said, "We have some planes." Hold on.The chilling words recovered from the recording: the hijackers claim to have more than one plane, which is why the room goes quiet.
He's southbound, 767. Nobody's talking to him.A controller reports an American 767 heading south with no one in contact with it - a target that cannot be reached.
It was right there. It just disappeared.The moment the blip drops off the screen near Manhattan; the plane simply stops existing for the people tracking it.
We've got Otis. Have the battle ready.An order confirming that Otis Air Base is ready and should hold at battle stations until a launch is authorized.
このシーンについての質問
What do the pulled tapes reveal?
They contain the hijackers' transmission, in which a voice says, "We have some planes." That single line is the first hard evidence the command center has, and it changes how the room reads the day.
Why does the command center ask for scramble authority?
Because launching military fighters requires permission from higher up. The controllers can track a target and put Otis on alert, but they cannot send jets into the air until that authority is granted.
What does 'squawking' refer to?
It is pilot slang for a plane's transponder sending a signal to radar. When a controller says nothing is squawking, it means the target has stopped showing up on their scopes.
What happens to the American 767?
It is last seen flying south with no one talking to it, then it disappears near Manhattan. Controllers suspect it may have dropped below radar coverage, and they start calling other towers to find it.
Why do they call Kennedy and Newark towers?
To see whether either tower still has the plane on its scopes. The target vanished from their own radar, so they widen the search and ask other facilities if they are still tracking it.
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