Editing Hani Hanjour (section)

====9/11 attacks====
{{Main|American Airlines Flight 77}}
At 7:35&nbsp;a.m. on 11 September 2001, Hanjour arrived at the passenger security checkpoint at [[Washington Dulles International Airport]], {{convert|26|miles|km}} west of [[Washington, D.C.]], en route to board [[American Airlines Flight 77]].<ref name="911-notes">{{cite book |url=http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/911/report/911Report_Notes.htm |author=9/11 Commission|chapter=Notes |year=2004 |title=9/11 Commission Report|publisher=9/11 Commission|access-date=30 May 2008 |isbn=1-59248-996-6}}</ref>

Some earlier reports stated he may not have had a ticket or appeared on any manifest,<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/graphics/attack/hijackers.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | title=Four Planes, Four Coordinated Teams | date=20 September 2001 | access-date=4 May 2010}}</ref> however he was documented by the [[9/11 Commission]] as having been assigned to seat 1B in first class,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/911Report_Ch1.htm | title = We Have Some Planes | access-date = 7 June 2010 | year = 2004 | work =9/11 Commission Report| publisher = [[9/11 Commission]]}}</ref> and reported to have bought a single first-class ticket from Advance Travel Service in Totowa.<ref>{{cite news | first = Glen | last = Johnson | title = Probe reconstructs horror, calculated attacks on planes | date = 23 November 2001 | url = http://www.boston.com/news/packages/underattack/news/planes_reconstruction.htm | work = Boston Globe | access-date = 7 June 2010}}</ref> In the security tape footage released in 2004, Hanjour appears to walk through the metal detector without setting it off, which likely means that agents at the terminal were not looking at any warning signal that indicated if he had weapons. With this, it allowed Hanjour to board Flight 77 without any authorization.<ref>{{cite news |title=Video shows 9/11 hijackers stopped by airport screeners |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/video-shows-9-11-hijackers-stopped-by-airport-screeners-1.473604 |access-date=25 October 2022 |work=CBC |publisher=CBC |date=21 July 2004}}</ref>
[[File:Pentagon Security Camera 1.ogv|thumb|At 9:37 AM, Hani Hanjour crashed American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon, the crash was captured on security footage.]]
The flight was scheduled to depart at 8:10, but ended up departing 10 minutes late from Gate D26 at Dulles.<ref name="four">{{cite web|url=https://www.archives.gov/legislative/research/9-11/staff-report-sept2005.pdf |title=Staff Monograph on the "Four Flights and Civil Aviation Security" |date=September 2005 |publisher=9/11 Commission|access-date=14 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306021319/http://www.archives.gov/legislative/research/9-11/staff-report-sept2005.pdf |archive-date=6 March 2008 }}</ref> The last normal radio communications from the aircraft to [[air traffic control]] occurred at 08:50:51.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gregor |first=Joseph A. |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/info/ATC_%20Report_AA77.pdf |title=ATC Report American Airlines Flight 77 |publisher=National Transportation Safety Board |date=21 December 2001 |access-date=1 June 2008}}</ref> At 08:54, Flight 77 began to deviate from its normal, assigned flight path and turned south,<ref name="911-ch1"/> and then hijackers set the flight's [[autopilot]] heading for Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/info/autopilot_AA77_UA93_study.pdf |title=Study of Autopilot, Navigation Equipment, and Fuel Consumption Activity Based on United Airlines Flight&nbsp;93 and American Airlines Flight&nbsp;77 Digital Flight Data Recorder Information |last=O'Callaghan |first=John |author2=Bower, Daniel |publisher=National Transportation Safety Board |date=13 February 2002 |access-date=1 June 2008}}</ref> Passenger [[Barbara Olson]] called her husband, [[United States Solicitor General]] [[Theodore Olson|Ted Olson]], and reported that the plane had been hijacked and that the assailants had box cutters and knives. Using the flight intercom, Hanjour announced the flight was hijacked.<ref name="911-ch1">{{cite book |title=''9/11 Commission Report'' |url=http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/911/report/911Report.pdf |publisher=9/11 Commission|year=2004 |pages=1–13 |chapter=Chapter 1 |access-date=30 September 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Johnson |first=Glen |url=http://www.boston.com/news/packages/underattack/news/planes_reconstruction.htm |title=Probe reconstructs horror, calculated attacks on planes |work=The Boston Globe |date=23 November 2001 |access-date=1 June 2008}}</ref> As Flight 77 was 5 miles (8.0&nbsp;km) west-southwest of the Pentagon, it made a 330-degree turn. At the end of the turn, it was descending through 2,200 feet (670 m), pointed toward the Pentagon and downtown Washington. Hanjour advanced the throttles to maximum power and dove towards the Pentagon at a speed of over {{convert|530|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}. At 09:37:46, Hanjour crashed the [[Boeing 757]] into the west façade of [[the Pentagon]], killing himself and all 63 passengers and 6 crew members aboard along with 125 on the ground in the Pentagon.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/info/AAL77_fdr.pdf |title=American Airlines Flight 77 FDR Report |publisher=National Transportation Safety Board |date=31 January 2002 |access-date=2 June 2008 |archive-date=26 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926220623/https://www.ntsb.gov/info/AAL77_fdr.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> While level above the ground and seconds from the crash, the airplane's wings knocked over light poles and its right engine smashed into a power generator, creating a smoke trail seconds before smashing into the Pentagon. In the recovery process at the Pentagon, remains of all five Flight 77 hijackers were identified through a process of elimination, as not matching any [[DNA]] samples for the victims, and put into custody of the FBI.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/remains-of-9-sept-11-hijackers-held/ |title=Remains Of 9 Sept. 11 Hijackers Held |date=17 August 2002 |work=CBS News |access-date=30 September 2008 |archive-date=30 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080930021707/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/08/17/attack/main519033.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.cstl.nist.gov/div831/strbase/pub_pres/Edson2004.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720223532/http://www.cstl.nist.gov/div831/strbase/pub_pres/Edson2004.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 July 2006 |title=Naming the Dead - Confronting the Realities of Rapid Identification of Degraded Skeletal Remains |author=Edson, S.M. |journal=Forensic Science Review |volume=16 |date=January 2004 |access-date=30 September 2008 |issue=1 |pages=63–90 |pmid=26256813 |display-authors=etal }}</ref>