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AA 77 crashes into Pentagon

Suicide Attack
Part of 9-11

Event Details
	Primary Organization	American Airlines Flight 77 Hijackers
	Other Organization	9-11 plotters
	Other Organization	Al-Qaeda
	Means of Attack	Hijacked passenger jet
	Target	Pentagon
	Location	West Face, Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, United States
	Time	0937 local, Sept. 11, 2001
	Victim Deaths	184¹
	Victim Injuries	106¹
	Attacker Deaths	5
	Participants	Hani Hanjour, Nawaf al-Hazmi, Khalid al-Mihdhar, Salem al-Hazmi, Majed Moqed

Narrative and Notes
	Reliable	The plane came in over Arlington National Cemetery and struck the western face of the Pentagon, penetrating completely through three of the building's five rings. All 64 people on the plane, including the five hijackers, were killed; 125 in the Pentagon also died. Of the 125, 70 were civilians and 55 were members of the military.¹

Sources
¹The 9-11 Commission Final Report, July 22, 2004, Chapter 9.3.

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