Date: 11 September 2001
Airline: American Airlines
Flight No.: 77
Aircraft: Boeing 757-223
Location: Washington, D.C., USA
Fatalities: 64:64+125
Photographer: AP
This photo is the FIRST in a series of FIVE photos showing the impact of American Airlines flight 77 into the Department of Defense (Pentagon) Building on September 11, 2001. The images were captured by a nearby traffic surveillance camera.
American Airlines Flight 77 departed Washington's Dulles International Airport at approximately 9:20am local time on a flight to Los Angeles. Shortly thereafter, Washington TRACON lost contact with the aircraft's crew, and the plane's transponder was switched off. A primary target representing the aircraft was seen proceeding directly toward the White House. The plane was seen to veer away from the White House, enter a high speed dive, and impact the side of the Department of Defense (Pentagon) building in Washington, D.C. This crash was the third in a series of orchestrated terrorist acts carried out by suicide hijackers that affected the United States on September 11.
