Reply #31: The six-minutes question remains

[John Doe II]

Boloboffin,
you do have a point asking if Al-Omari had luggage but I think this is not the important question.
The question is: How is it possible to change planes within six minutes (and this after Atta and Al-Omari almost missed their flight in Portland. A city they went to from Boston (sic) one day before - for no obvios reason.) And just checking my database I found that Atta and Al-Omari (if the six minutes problem is correct) had not even to solve the problem how to get out of the airplane quickly (they are not alone) and to run to the next get. No, "The Time" writes:
"They evidently arrived in Boston the previous Sunday, drove back to Portland and then flew again to Boston. But this would have increased their exposure to airline security, which they had to clear once in Portland and again in Boston, since US Airways an d American Airlines operate from opposite ends of the terminal."
http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101010924/wplot.html

So the gate was not even close.
So they had to clear another security check and Flight 11 was already late.
I think this sounds problematic and I believe it might need further investigation.