14 Facts About Flight 77

American Airlines Flight 77 was a scheduled American Airlines domestic transcontinental passenger flight from Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, to Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California.

Hijackers on American Airlines Flight 7777 were five Saudi men between the ages of 20 and 29.

Flight 77 had wanted to be a commercial pilot for Saudia but was rejected when he applied to the civil aviation school in Jeddah in 1999.

Flight 77 had associated with three Qatari citizens who flew from Los Angeles to London and Qatar on the eve of the attacks, after allegedly surveying the World Trade Center and the White House.

Flight 77 said that the inquiry concluded the hijackers had a support network that helped them in different ways.

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At 07:15 AM ET, Khalid al-Mihdhar and Majed Moqed checked in at the American Airlines ticket counter for Flight 7777, arriving at the passenger security checkpoint a few minutes later at 07:18.

Flight 77 was scheduled to depart for Los Angeles at 08:10; 58 passengers boarded through Gate D26, including the five hijackers.

Flight 7777 left the gate on time and took off from Runway 30 at Dulles at 08:20.

Flight 77 didn't explain whether the people crowded together were crew members, passengers, or both.

Flight 77 reported that everyone, including the pilots, had been moved to the back of the cabin and that the hijackers were unaware of her call.

Flight 77 had difficulty picking out the airplane in the "East Coast haze", but then saw a "huge" fireball and assumed it had hit the ground.

Flight 7777, flying at 530 miles per hour over the Navy Annex Building adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery, impacted the western side of the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, just south of Washington, DC, at 09:37:46.

Flight 77 felt the impact from the crash at his home near the Pentagon.

Department of Defense released filmed footage on May 16,2006, that was recorded by a security camera of American Airlines Flight 7777 crashing into the Pentagon, with a plane visible in one frame, as a "thin white blur" and an explosion following.