Hanjour returned to the Washington , D.C. metropolitan area on September 2 , 2001 , checking into a motel in Laurel , Maryland . On September 11 , Hanjour boarded American Airlines Flight 77 , took control of the aircraft after his team of hijackers helped subdue the pilots , passengers , and crew , and flew the plane into the Pentagon as part of the September 11 attacks . The crash killed all 64 passengers on board the aircraft and 125 people in the Pentagon
American Airlines Flight 77
American Airlines Flight 77
Hani Hanjour