• News
  • Film and TV
  • Music
  • Tech
  • Features
  • Celebrity
  • Politics
  • Weird
  • Community
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
YouTube
Submit Your Content
Surveillance footage captures moment hijacker-pilot went through airport security killing 64 people on flight

Home> News

Published 17:33 2 Jun 2024 GMT+1

Surveillance footage captures moment hijacker-pilot went through airport security killing 64 people on flight

The eerie moment a 9/11 hijacker passed through security was captured on video

Ben Thompson

Ben Thompson

Everyone remembers the hijacked planes which crashed into the World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001.

But it's not as commonly remembered that two other flights were taken over that day.

One of which was American Airlines Flight 77.



Advert


You might recall that this was the plane that crashed into the Pentagon.

Surveillance footage from Dulles International Airport has circulated online, showing one of the hijackers walking through security.

Hani Hanjour was one of five al-Qaeda terrorists who took over the flight on that tragic morning.

Advert

The Pentagon was attacked on September 11 2001 (Wikimedia Commons)
The Pentagon was attacked on September 11 2001 (Wikimedia Commons)

The airliner was then flown to Arlington County, Virginia and flown into the Pentagon, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense.

All 64 people aboard the plane were killed, alongside an additional 125 inside the building.

Flight 77 was the last plane to reach al-Qaeda's intended target that day.

Advert

The fourth plane, United Airlines Flight 93, was heading in direct of Washington DC.

However, once passengers got wise to the goals of the terrorists, they fought for control.

The plane ended up crashing into a field in Pennsylvania.

As for the Pentagon, the damaged sections had to be rebuilt in 2002.

Advert

At the time of the attack, Hanjour was 29-years-old.

Born in Saudi Arabia, he enrolled at the University of Arizona in 1991 to study English.

He would move to California in 1996 before taking flying lessons in Florida and Arizona.

Hani Hanjour was one of the hijackers that flew a plane into the Pentagon (Wikimedia Commons)
Hani Hanjour was one of the hijackers that flew a plane into the Pentagon (Wikimedia Commons)

Advert

He received his pilot's licence in 1999 and moved back to Saudi Arabia to find a job as a commercial pilot.

In late 1999, he left his family and supposedly moved to the United Arab Emirates in search of work.

According to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a Kuwaiti terrorist, Hanjour was selected while at an Afghanistan training camp.

Osama bin Laden supposedly chose him to participate in the 9/11 attacks because of his qualifications as a pilot.

Advert

Hanjour would later move back to the US in December 2000, where he continued with flight training.

On September 11, 2001, Hanjour boarded Flight 77.

It took off at 8:20am, but deviated from its usual flight path at 8:54am.

Writer Barbara Olson, who was a passenger onboard, called her husband and told him that the flight had been hijacked.

Advert

Hanjour was the one who announced the plane's hijacking over the flight intercom.

When it came time to hit the Pentagon, the plane was flying at a speed of 530 mph.

It hit the Pentagon at 9:37am and killed everybody onboard.

Featured Image Credit: @Morbidful/ X

Topics: Terrorism

Ben Thompson
Ben Thompson

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

9 hours ago
10 hours ago
  • Facebook
    9 hours ago

    Prosecutors reveal disturbing reason Charlie Kirk’s murder suspect gave for assassination when his parents asked

    Tyler Robinson was charged with the murder of Charlie Kirk on Tuesday

    News
  • Instagram/paddlefishorl
    9 hours ago

    Scuba diver stole over $10,000 from Disney restaurant and swam away

    It comes just months after Disney Springs tightened up its security protocol

    News
  • Getty Images/SOPA Images
    9 hours ago

    How discount website Wish went from a $14,000,000,000 company to 99% collapse in 10 years

    From a successful, viral shopping app to falling flat

    News
  • Facebook
    10 hours ago

    Prosecutors reveal chilling messages Charlie Kirk’s murder suspect sent to his roommate following assassination

    Tyler Robinson has been charged with seven offences over the murder of Charlie Kirk

    News
  • Tragic footage shows commercial flight crash near airport killing 38 passengers
  • Chilling plea pilot of Air India plane gave security guard before crash killing 260
  • Heartbreaking footage captures moment dive team discover the body of missing 24-year-old man
  • Bull rider recalls horrifying moment he almost died after animal's horns went through his neck