Hanjour flew the airplane into the west side of the Pentagon at 09:37 ET. In the meantime, two people aboard discreetly made phone calls to family members and relayed information on the situation without the knowledge of their assailants.
Lead hijacker Hani Hanjour assumed control of the aircraft after having undergone extensive flight training as part of his preparation for the attack. Thirty-one minutes after takeoff, the attackers stormed the cockpit and forced the passengers and crew to the rear of the cabin, threatening the hostages but initially sparing all of them. The hijacked airliner was deliberately crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, killing all 64 aboard and another 125 in the building.įlight 77 became airborne at 08:20. The Boeing 757-223 aircraft serving the flight was hijacked by five al-Qaeda terrorists on the morning of September 11, 2001, as part of the September 11 attacks. West wall of the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.ģ8★2′16″N 77☀3′29″W / 38.87111°N 77.05806°W / 38.87111 -77.05806Īmerican Airlines Flight 77 was a scheduled domestic transcontinental passenger flight from Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia to Los Angeles International Airport in California.
The September 11 flight path of AAL77 from Washington Dulles to its collision with the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia
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