American Airlines Flight 77
2001 hijacking of an airliner and subsequent deliberate crash into The Pentagon in Virginia, USA
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Summary
American Airlines Flight 77 is an aircraft hijacking[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of aircraft hijacking entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,113 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United States[3]
- Instance of: terrorist attack[4], suicide attack[5], pilot suicide[6], flight[7]
- Operator: American Airlines[8]
- Location: The Pentagon[9]
- Part of: September 11 attacks[10]
- Commons category: American Airlines Flight 77[11]
- Aircraft registration: N644AA[12]
- Target: The Pentagon[13]
- Point in time: September 11, 2001[14]
- Coordinate location: 38.87111111111111, -77.05805555555555[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:American Airlines Flight 77[16]
- Crew members: Charles Burlingame[17], David M. Charlebois[18], Mary Jane Booth[19], Renée A. May[20]
- Number of deaths: 189[21]
- Depicted by: Inside 9/11: The Pentagon Attack[22]
- Number of injured: 106[23]
- Start point: Washington Dulles International Airport[24]
- Destination point: Los Angeles International Airport[25]
- Number of survivors: 0[26]
- Investigated by: Jacqueline Maguire[27]
- Vessel: Boeing 757[28]
- Flight number: AA77[29]
- Carries passengers or cargo: Bernard C. Brown II[30], William E. Caswell[31], Asia SiVon Cottom[32], Barbara G. Edwards[33], Charles S. Falkenberg[34], Dana Falkenberg[35], Zoe Falkenberg[36], Darlene E. Flagg[37], Wilson Flagg[38], Stanley R. Hall[39], Chandler Raymond Keller[40], Dong Chul Lee[41], Barbara Olson[42], Ruben Ornedo[43]
Why It Matters
American Airlines Flight 77 has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]