{"id":336643,"date":"2017-11-26T04:54:42","date_gmt":"2017-11-26T03:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/airlines-agree-95-2m-payout-over-hijacked-planes-used-on-911-rt-us-news\/"},"modified":"2017-11-26T04:54:42","modified_gmt":"2017-11-26T03:54:42","slug":"airlines-agree-95-2m-payout-over-hijacked-planes-used-on-911-rt-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/airlines-agree-95-2m-payout-over-hijacked-planes-used-on-911-rt-us-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Airlines agree $95.2m payout over hijacked planes used on 9\/11 \u2014 RT US News"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Insurers for American Airlines and United Airlines will foot part of a $95.2 million damage claim brought by the developers of the World Trade Center, after the buildings were destroyed by two hijacked passenger jets on September 11, 2001. <\/p>\n

\n

The iconic pillars of New York\u2019s financial district collapsed when hijackers flew two planes belonging to the airlines into the Manhattan island buildings. Around 3,000 people died in the attack.<\/p>\n

\n

Read more<\/p>\n


\n \"\u00a9
\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\n

After a protracted 13-year legal wrangle, American Airlines and United Airlines have reached a multi-million dollar settlement with Silverstein Properties, Reuters<\/a> reported. Representatives for the airlines declined to comment to RT.com on the settlement.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Silverstein Properties confirmed the settlement. “We are pleased to have finally reached a resolution to this piece of post-9\/11 litigation. We are currently devoting our attention to the ongoing construction of 3 World Trade Center, which we will open in the spring, and to the development of 2 World Trade Center,”<\/em> he told RT.com by email.<\/p>\n

American businessman Larry Silverstein signed a 99-year lease for the World Trade Center less than two months<\/a> before the buildings were destroyed. Silverstein received a payout from his own insurers, but the 86 year old is reported to have wanted to hold aviation firms to account for apparent negligence during the attack.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: \u2018Severe threat\u2019: ISIS & Al-Qaeda planning 9\/11-style \u2018big explosion,\u2019 US security chief warns<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Silverstein\u2019s real estate firm now manages the new World Trade Center portfolio of offices and luxury condos. The company is currently constructing the 2 World Trade Center tower. The building has been described by Silverstein as a final step in rebuilding lower Manhattan after that fateful day in 2001. The developer had initially<\/a> sought damages of $12.3bn from airlines and airport security.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe last piece of this entire puzzle will be Tower 2 \u2013 the final lynchpin in the rebuilding of the Trade Center,\u201d<\/em> Silverstein said<\/a> last year. “When that building is done, which will be about 2021, my job will be finished here.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Via RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Published time: 22 Nov, 2017 17:41 Edited time: 23 Nov, 2017 15:15 Insurers for American Airlines and United Airlines will foot part of a $95.2 million damage claim brought by the developers of the World Trade Center, after the buildings were destroyed by two hijacked passenger jets on September 11, 2001. The iconic pillars of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":336644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-336643","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}