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American Airlines Flight 77 was American Airlines' daily scheduled morning transcontinental service from Washington Dulles International Airport, in Dulles, Virginia to Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California. On September 11, 2001, the Boeing 757-223 aircraft operating the flight was hijacked by five men affiliated with al-Qaeda, and deliberately crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia near Washington, D.C., as part of the September 11 attacks. Less than 35 minutes into the flight, the hijackers stormed the cockpit, forcing the passengers, crew, and pilots to the rear of the aircraft. Hani Hanjour, one of the hijackers and trained pilot, took over the controls. Passengers aboard the flight relayed information on the hijacking. The hijackers crashed the aircraft into the western side of the Pentagon at 09:37 EDT. The impact severely damaged an area of the Pentagon and caused a large fire, and at 10:10 a portion of the Pentagon collapsed. All 64 people on board including the five hijackers and six crew as well as 125 people in the building were killed. The victims of the attack are memorialized in the Pentagon Memorial adjacent to the Pentagon. (Full article...)