American Airlines Flight 77
From 911myths
Background
Flight 77 provided nonstop service between Washington Dulles International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport. The aircraft was a Boeing 757, tail number N644AA. On September 11 the passengers for the 8:10 am flight included Hani Hanjour, Nawaf al-Hazmi, Salem al-Hazmi, Khalid al-Mihdhar and Majed Moqed, who would later be named as suspected hijackers.
Controversies
- A Pentagon exercise involved responding to a hijacked jet hitting the building?
- Rumsfeld announced $2.3 trillion missing from Pentagon funds the day before Flight 77 hit the building?
- The hijackers weren't on the 9/11 passenger manifests?
- There were unusually few passengers on the 9/11 flights?
- Alleged pilot Hani Hanjour doesn't appear on the Dulles International Airport security video?
- Flight 77 went significantly off course at 8:46, before it was even hijacked according to the the 9/11 Commission Report?
- Why, on 9/11, was a plane reported as crashing near the Ohio/ Kentucky border?
- Alleged pilot Hani Hanjour didn't have the skills to fly a passenger jet?
- Flight 77 was tracked on radar all the way to Washington, contrary to the 9/11 Commission Report?
- Only a very small number of passengers are listed in the Social Security Death Index?
- The Flight 77 calls were faked?
- The flights were flown by remote control, not hijackers? (Technical analysis)
- The plane should have been shot down by the Pentagon missile batteries?
- What do witnesses say about the plane that hit the Pentagon?
- The FBI is hiding 84 videos of the Pentagon?
External links
- Ground effect means the plane wouldn't have been able to hit the building? (Cached)
- Photographs of an engine at the Pentagon show something too small for a 757? (Cached)
- Photographs of a wheel at the Pentagon don't match a 757? (Cached)
Photos, Video, Audio
 Lost from radar |
Flight Explorer flight path
Composite photo of crash point
The following videos capture the five hijackers were filmed passing through the West Security Checkpoint at Dulles Airport (the complete footage was released at the Moussaoui trial). We've also included several videos showing the moment Flight 77 hit the Pentagon, the last ten minutes of an NTSB animation showing its final manoeuvres, and a screen grab of the FAA radar track also showing its last minutes. This last file in particular must be viewed full-screen to see it properly: click the full screen button on the toolbar to do this.
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The following audio clip was taken from the NORAD tapes.
- NORAD finally hear about Flight 77 at 9:34A military C-130 tells air traffic control that a 757 appears to have crashed into the Pentagon.
- C-130 and ATC conversationArlington County Police radio includes a report of an American Airlines plane near the Pentagon.
- Police radio records the first response
Debris
Video
Photos
Documents
The Flight 77 passenger manifest has been published at the Moussaoui trial, and we've obtained further documents that reportedly came from the FBI:
The NTSB have released the following Flight 77-related documents:
- Flight Data Recorder Report
- ATC Report
- Flight Path Study
- Autopilot Flight 77 and Flight 93 Study
- Recorded Radar Data Study all Four Aircraft
Other documents:
