A report from the Philippines to the United States on January 20 , 1995 stated , " What the subject has in his mind is that he will board any American commercial aircraft pretending to be an ordinary passenger . Then he will hijack said aircraft , control its cockpit and dive it at the CIA headquarters . " Another plot that was considered would have involved the hijacking of more airplanes . The World Trade Center ( New York City , New York ) , The Pentagon ( Arlington , Virginia ) , the United States Capitol ( Washington , D.C. ) , the White House ( Washington , D.C. ) , the Sears Tower ( Chicago , Illinois ) , and the U.S Bank Tower ( Los Angeles , California ) , would have been the likely targets . In his confession to Filipino investigators , prior to the foiling of Operation Bojinka , Abdul Hakim Murad said that this part of the plot was dropped since the Manila cell could not recruit enough people to implement other hijackings . This plot would eventually be the base plot for the September 11 attacks which involved hijacking commercial airliners , as opposed to small aircraft loaded with explosives , and crashing them into their intended targets . However , only the World Trade Center ( which was destroyed ) and The Pentagon ( which suffered partial damage ) were hit
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Bojinka plot