Editing Khalid al-Mihdhar (section)

==9/11 attacks==
{{main|American Airlines Flight 77}}
[[Image:DM-SD-02-03886.JPEG|thumb|right|The Pentagon, minutes after American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into it]]
On 10 September 2001, al-Mihdhar and the other hijackers checked into the [[Marriott International|Marriott Residence Inn]] in [[Herndon, Virginia]], near [[Washington Dulles International Airport]].<ref>FBI Hijackers' Timeline, p. 284</ref> [[Saleh Ibn Abdul Rahman Hussayen]], a prominent Saudi Arabian government official, was staying at the same hotel that night, although there is no evidence that they met or knew of each other's presence.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A31402-2003Oct1?language=printer |title=Spreading Saudi Fundamentalism in U.S. |date=2003-10-02 |newspaper=The Washington Post |author=Schmidt, Susan |access-date=2008-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224024342/http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A31402-2003Oct1?language=printer |archive-date=2011-02-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

At 6:22&nbsp;a.m. on 11 September 2001, the group checked out of the hotel and headed to Dulles airport.<ref>FBI Hijackers' Timeline, p. 290</ref>  At 7:15&nbsp;a.m., al-Mihdhar and Moqed checked in at the American Airlines ticket counter<ref name="911-ch1">9/11 Commission Report, Chapter 1.1 (2004), pp. 1–13</ref> and arrived at the passenger security checkpoint at 7:20&nbsp;a.m.<ref>FBI Hijackers' Timeline, p. 288</ref> Both men set off the [[Metal detector#Security screening|metal detector]] and were put through secondary screening.  Security video footage later released shows that Moqed was [[Security wand|wanded]], but the screener did not identify what set off the alarm, and both Moqed and al-Mihdhar were able to proceed without further hindrance.<ref name="dullesvideo">{{cite episode|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0407/21/acd.01.html |title=New Video of 9/11 hijackers at Dulles Airport before attacks |series=Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees |network=CNN |airdate=2004-07-21 |access-date=2008-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005113444/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0407/21/acd.01.html |archive-date=2008-10-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="staff3">{{cite web |url=http://www.9-11commission.gov/staff_statements/staff_statement_3.pdf |title=The Aviation Security System and the 9/11 Attacks – Staff Statement No. 3 |work=National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States |page=9 |access-date=2008-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528201527/http://www.9-11commission.gov/staff_statements/staff_statement_3.pdf |archive-date=2008-05-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  Al-Mihdhar was also selected by the [[Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System]] (CAPPS), which involved extra screening of his luggage; however, because al-Mihdhar did not check any luggage, this had no effect.<ref name="four">{{cite web|url=https://www.archives.gov/legislative/research/9-11/staff-report-sept2005.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306021319/http://www.archives.gov/legislative/research/9-11/staff-report-sept2005.pdf |archive-date=2008-03-06 |title=Staff Monograph on the "Four Flights and Civil Aviation Security" |date=September 2005 |publisher=National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States |pages=27–29 |access-date=2008-08-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  By 7:50&nbsp;a.m., al-Mihdhar and the other hijackers, carrying knives and box cutters, had made it through the airport security checkpoint and boarded Flight&nbsp;77 to Los Angeles. Al-Mihdhar was seated in seat 12B, next to Moqed.<ref name="911-ch1"/>

The flight was scheduled to depart from Gate D26 at 8:10&nbsp;a.m. but was delayed by 10 minutes.<ref name="four"/>  The last routine radio communication from the plane to [[air traffic control]] occurred at 8:50:51&nbsp;a.m.<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=2001-12-21 |page=13 |access-date=2008-06-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409092934/https://www.ntsb.gov/info/ATC_%20Report_AA77.pdf |archive-date=April 9, 2008 }}</ref> At 8:54&nbsp;a.m., Flight&nbsp;77 deviated from its assigned flight path and began to turn south,<ref name="911-ch1"/> at which point the hijackers set the flight's [[autopilot]] setting 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 |page=6 |date=2002-02-13 |access-date=2008-06-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409092923/https://www.ntsb.gov/info/autopilot_AA77_UA93_study.pdf |archive-date=April 9, 2008 }}</ref> Passenger [[Barbara Olson]] called her husband, [[United States Solicitor General]] [[Theodore Olson|Ted Olson]] (whose 61st birthday was on that day), and reported that the plane had been hijacked.<ref name="911-ch1"/><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=November 23, 2001|access-date=2008-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216072126/http://www.boston.com/news/packages/underattack/news/planes_reconstruction.htm |archive-date=2008-12-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> At 9:37:45 a.m, Flight 77 crashed into the west [[facade]] of [[the Pentagon]], killing all 64 people aboard, along with 125 in the Pentagon.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/about/Documents/AAL77_fdr.pdf |title=American Airlines Flight 77 FDR Report |publisher=National Transportation Safety Board |date=2002-01-31 |page=2 |access-date=2008-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316175021/https://www.ntsb.gov/about/Documents/AAL77_fdr.pdf |archive-date=2015-03-16 |url-status=live }}</ref>  In the recovery process, remains of the five hijackers were identified through a [[process of elimination]], since their [[DNA]] did not match any from the victims, and put into the 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=2002-08-17 |publisher=CBS News |access-date=2008-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080930021707/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/08/17/attack/main519033.shtml |archive-date=2008-09-30 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Naming the Dead – Confronting the Realities of Rapid Identification of Degraded Skeletal Remains |author=Edson, S. M. |journal=Forensic Science Review |volume=16 |issue=1 |date=January 2004 |pages=64–90 |display-authors=etal |pmid=26256813}}</ref>