The only new concrete(?) piece of information being reported in this story is that cockpit tapes
seem to reveal that a hijacker
apparently gave a command to another hijacker to crash the plane.
If true, this command could have been given during a fight in the cockpit. (I happen to think this is a stronger possibility than not, but there you go.)
In any event, the exact details of what actually unfolded do not matter in the end (and will never be known for certain, anyway), because there is no question but that some of the passengers fought back and were indeed valiant heroes. We know this from solid evidence. Beyond that, it's all theory and guessing games.
Regards,
LH
See some of my earlier posts giving links to an article that states that the terrorists were shouting "Get out of here! Get out! Get out of here!" a few minutes before the end of the tape.
The new information from digitally filtered processing reveals someone giving the order to crash the plane, but that is after the Get Out comments.
Seems likely to me that the hijackers were shouting because passengers were pushing their way into the cabin. Cowards hate losing, hate having to face the music, and they probably thought that the passengers just might compromise their mission.
Imagine being in prison with other al Quaeda and having your cellmates know that YOU failed in your critical mission, that a bunch of American civilians beat you up and a female flight attendant tied you up with First Class cloth napkins?