Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/American Airlines Flight 77

American Airlines Flight 77

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/September 11, 2015 by Brianboulton (talk) 13:30, 24 August 2015 (UTC)



American Airlines Flight 77 was American Airlines' daily scheduled morning transcontinental service from Washington Dulles International Airport, in Dulles, Virginia to Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California. On September 11, 2001, the Boeing 757-223 aircraft operating the flight was hijacked by five men affiliated with al-Qaeda, and deliberately crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia near Washington, D.C., as part of the September 11 attacks. Less than 35 minutes into the flight, the hijackers stormed the cockpit, forcing the passengers, crew, and pilots to the rear of the aircraft. Hani Hanjour, one of the hijackers and trained pilot, took over the controls. Passengers aboard the flight relayed information on the hijacking. The hijackers crashed the aircraft into the western side of the Pentagon at 09:37 EDT. The impact severely damaged an area of the Pentagon and caused a large fire, and at 10:10 a portion of the Pentagon collapsed. All 64 people on board including the five hijackers and six crew as well as 125 people in the building were killed. The victims of the attack are memorialized in the Pentagon Memorial adjacent to the Pentagon.
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 * Promoted: 2008-06-24
 * Reasons for nomination: Date relevance - 9/11 event.
 * Support as nominator. sovereign°sentinel 07:48, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Support has relevance for many different nationalities whose citizens were on board the flight. Peacemaker67 (crack... thump) 11:17, 3 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: I swapped the image for a video, just like Today's featured article/requests/Trinity (nuclear test). This FP may also be considered, as with other possible images. sovereign°sentinel (contribs) 07:47, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment: I have just added four "fact" tags indicating unsourced information – all at paragraph ends. Supporters of this nomination should deal with these, either by adding sources or removing the comments. Brianboulton (talk) 13:09, 23 August 2015 (UTC)