Flight 11 Passengers Richard Ross & Madeline Amy Sweeney Anomalies
An Independent Investigation
Richard Ross, 58, from Newtown, Massachusetts, spoke briefly with his wife, Judi, before Ross allegedly boarded Flight 11, on 9/11. Ross informed his wife his flight was leaving a bit late.
Ross was frustrated and concerned about arriving in time for a business meeting in Los Angeles. Apparently, Ross misunderstood the departure time for his flight, so he arrived uncharacteristically early for his flight. Source:
Source: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/richard-ross-obituary?pid=91864
Recently Jane Cena conducted research of an official FBI investigation document, which revealed a number of passengers who were scheduled to fly on American Airlines Flights 11 and 77 on September 11th, 2001, who either cancelled their reservations, didn't show up at Logan and Dulles airports, or did show up but missed their flights.
Contained in the list is Richard Ross, another passenger in particular which spiked my interest because Ross had cancelled his reservation on the 31st August, 2001 for Flight 11 See below, screen-shot from Jane Cena’s article
FBI Document Source: https://www.scribd.com/document/16762117/T7-B20-Flights-77-and-11-No-Show-Fdr-Entire-Contents-Notes-and-FBI-Reports-223
There is no record showing Ross re-booked his reservation back onto Flight 11, which should have been the case.
David Angell and Alberto Dominguez also cancelled their reservation on Flight 11. Again, no records show Angell or Dominguez re-booking back onto the flight.
Flight 11 Schedule
On 9/11, Flight 11 was scheduled to push-back from Gate 32 at its normal 7:45 a.m. time. It was running one minute behind schedule when it received clearance to push-back from gate at 7:46 a.m. A one minute delay is hardly running late? Flight 11 was cleared to taxi-out at 7:50 a.m. Again not much of a delay? Flight 11 took-off 9 minutes later, at 7:59 a.m. Not much of a delay!
Why did Ross believe his Flight was running late? The important detail here is, Ross made his phone call to his wife “before” he boarded the plane.
Interestingly, flight-crew member, Madeline Amy Sweeney called her husband Michael Sweeney from her cell phone from the airplane at 7:15 a.m. Michael Sweeney considered this “highly unusual”. However in the “official” document, it has been redacted exactly why Michael Sweeney found it “highly unusual”? See “official” declassified document below:
To cause further suspicion, in another version of the same testimony by Michael Sweeney, the part of Michael’s statement where he found Madeline’s phone call “highly unusual”, was redacted in the document? WHY? See below:
Why did Michael Sweeney find his wife’s phone call “highly unusual”? Did Michael Sweeney allude to some information, which needed redacting? Madeline’s phone call was at 7:15 a.m., before passengers were boarding the plane. Why did Madeline call her husband?
Back to Richard Ross
It is not explained why Ross misunderstood his flight departure, and arrived early, when it is stated that Ross was always running late?
Source: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/richard-ross-obituary?pid=91864
Is it possible Ross boarded a different flight?
The American Airlines plane which was “officially” assigned as Flight 11 had the tail number N334AA. What isn’t clear is whether or not any passengers embarked onto the plane at Gate 32? There are no eyewitnesses or employee accounts which conclusively confirm any of the Flight 11 passengers were at Gate 32, and embarked onto the plane on 9/11.
In contrast, there are several accounts which suggest passengers did not embark onto Flight 11 at Gate 32, and evidence which suggests passengers embarked onto a different plane identifying itself as Flight 11 at Gate 26, in Terminal B.
The Boston Globe wrote a story that began: “Sylvio Amorino, just off a flight yesterday morning, simply stood there in front of Gate 26, Terminal B, Logan Airport. It was 7:55 a.m. The 70-year-old realized that, one year ago, American Airlines Flight 11 had idled here.”
Source: http://www.boston.com/news/packages/sept11/anniversary/globe_stories/091202_solemn.htm
In 2003 another article on a Boston news website states: “Captain was John Ogonowski, a 52-year-old man from Dracut. His first officer was Thomas McGuinness, 42, of Portsmouth, N.H. Also aboard were nine flight attendants and 81 passengers, for a total of 92 people on the flight manifest when the plane pushed back from Gate 26 at Logan International Airport.”
Source: https://cache.boston.com/news/packages/underattack/news/planes_reconstruction.htm
In a German magazine called Der Spiegel, it said it had a team of investigative reporters who interviewed a number of witnesses who gave accounts of passengers assembling at Gate 26 to board Flight 11. These accounts were later published in a book called – Inside 9/11, What Really Happened.
In the book it describes a number of the passenger’s relatives who were there with their loved ones before they boarded the airplane, and describes at 7:36 a.m. how the flight would be slightly delayed, with estimates of fourteen minutes
Source: [Inside 9/11, What Really Happened, Pg. 36 & 37].
Do these anomalies regarding the Flight 11 departing from Gate 26 instead of Gate 32 explain why Ross misunderstood his departure time, meaning Ross boarded a different plane?
Does this also explain why Alexander Filipov was still in the Admirals Lounge at 7:45 a.m. talking on the phone, when he should have been aboard the plane at “allegedly” Gate 32, which we were told was Flight 11, which shut its doors at 7:45 a.m., and pushed-off from the gate at 7:46 a.m.?
There is strong evidence that only two crew members arrived for the “alleged” Flight 11?
Wayne Kirk was a three-year employee of American Airlines, and was interviewed by the FBI on September 22, 2001. He was assigned member of the cleaning crew which worked on Flight 11 before its take-off. After carrying out his cleaning duties Kirk recalls that “he thought it was odd that only two crew members had arrived at the airplane, because usually the entire crew are sitting around and talking when the cleaning crew have finished”. [M-INT-00034145 – Pg.1] https://www.scribd.com/document/14094215/T7-B17-FBI-302s-of-Interest-Flight-11-Fdr-Entire-Contents (Pg. 26).
From Kirk’s account, it seems possible that the plane identified as Flight 11, which he cleaned was not operational, bearing in mind that only two crew members were present.
From speaking to a United Airlines Flight attendant, she informed me, that this was unusual that only two crew members were present, which indicated to her that the plane was not operational, or in other words, was not accepting passengers and flying that day.
There is strong evidence which indicates, this is the case. See below:
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Data-Base Discrepancy
In the BTS data-base, the entry for Flight 11 is listed with no “wheels-off” time 00:00. Meaning, Flight 11 did not take-off on 9/11.
To confirm this is indeed the case, Jeff Hill, a Canadian researcher called the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) administration team to clarify the meaning of the 0000 wheels-off time. See video below:
So is it possible, that Ricard Ross, boarded a later flight, which was potentially canceled? Is this why Madeline Amy Sweeney called her husband, to explain the change in circumstances, which had to be concealed, and redacted in the Michael Sweeney account? Is this why Alexander Filipov was still in the Admirals Lounge, and not on the plane at 7:45 a.m.?
Conclusion:
From the evidence presented in this article, it indicates that some passengers boarded a plane which was a later take-off time? Potentially even cancelled according to the BTS data base. This would explain the issues surrounding the delay, which is spoken about and also displayed in passenger accounts, like Alexander Filipov’s, where he was still in the Admiral’s lounge at 7:45 a.m., when Flight 11 had allegedly closed its door, and pushed back from the gate at 7:46 a.m. Does this also explain why Alberto Dominguez’s reservation for Flight 11 was cancelled at 7:46 a.m. on 9/11? Was he put on another flight instead?
The evidence indicates that something was very wrong with what we have been told about the passengers of Flight 11.
Finally, this is an area I will be discussing in great meticulous detail in my book, with far more evidence that I have included in this article.
Thanks for reading & caring.







I too really appreciate your work on this issue Mark. Always.
I think documenting the ends of the lives of these unsuspecting souls has an importance that can’t be fully appreciated currently. Maybe the value will accrue to future generations. Thanks for doing this and posting on Substack