The Flights
September 11, 2001
In just over two hours, four commercial aircraft were hijacked and crashed. The 19 terrorists killed 33 crew members, 213 passengers, and 2,730 people on the ground. Thousands more were injured.
American Airlines Flight 11 Departs
AA11American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767, departs Boston's Logan Airport bound for Los Angeles with 81 passengers and a crew of 11.
The Four Flights
American Airlines Flight 11
Boston → Los Angeles
Left Boston's Logan Airport with a crew of 11 and 76 passengers, not including five hijackers. The hijackers flew the plane into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
United Airlines Flight 175
Boston → Los Angeles
Left Logan with a crew of nine and 51 passengers, not including five hijackers. The hijackers flew the plane into the South Tower of the World Trade Center.
American Airlines Flight 77
Washington Dulles → Los Angeles
Left Washington Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia with a crew of six and 53 passengers, not including five hijackers. The hijackers flew the plane into the Pentagon.
United Airlines Flight 93
Newark → San Francisco
Left Newark, New Jersey, with a crew of seven and 33 passengers, not including four hijackers. The hijackers crashed the plane into the ground near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after the passengers revolted.
Continue Remembering
Learn more about the events of September 11th and the memorial trail that honors those who were lost.