AA 11
11 Sep 2001 · Hijacking, Sabotage & Deliberate ActsAMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 11 (9/11)
Boeing 767-200 · American Airlines · Image: Wikimedia Commons
Why it happened
Hijacked and flown into the North Tower
Cockpit door security
Hijack protocol
Transponder
Aircraft
Boeing 767-200
American Airlines
Route
Boston–Logan (BOS), USA
→ Los Angeles (LAX), USA
People
92 on board
92 fatalities
Date
11 Sep 2001
Flight crew
Captain: John Ogonowski
Category
Hijacking, Sabotage & Deliberate Acts
Bombs, hijackers, shootdowns, murder in the cockpit.
THE STORY
Five hijackers took the cockpit 15 minutes after takeoff and flew the 767 into the World Trade Center's North Tower — the first plane of 9/11.