# Hani Hanjour

> He piloted American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, killing all 64 people aboard and 125 in the building. A Saudi al-Qaeda member, he had spent years in the U.S. acquiring the flight training that would make him capable of the attack.

*Saudi Arabian hijacker-pilot of American Airlines Flight 77*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/hani-hanjour

## Identity
- **Born:** 1972-08-13
- **Died:** 2001-09-11
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Hani Hanjour first arrived in the United States in 1991 to study English, staying less than two months before returning to Saudi Arabia. He came back in 1996 and began taking flying lessons in Florida and Arizona, earning his commercial pilot certificate in 1999. He returned to Saudi Arabia hoping to work as a commercial pilot but was rejected by civil aviation school in Jeddah. In late 1999 he told his family he was going to the United Arab Emirates for work - Osama bin Laden or Mohammed Atef had instead identified him at an Afghanistan training camp as a trained pilot and selected him for the September 11 attacks. He reentered the U.S. in December 2000, moved between Arizona, Virginia, and New Jersey for additional flight training, then checked into a motel in Laurel, Maryland, on September 2, 2001. Nine days later he and his team took control of Flight 77 and he flew it into the Pentagon.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 65.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 25.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 28.1 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 1.2 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 40.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Hani Hanjour](https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hani_Hanjour)
- [هاني حنجور](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1)
- [هانى حنجور](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1)
- [Hani Hanjour](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hani_Hanjour)
- [Hani Hanjour](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hani_Hanjour)
- [Hani Handschur](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hani_Handschur)
- [Hani Hanjour](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hani_Hanjour)
- [Hani Hanjour](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hani_Hanjour)
- [هانی حنجور](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1)
- [Hani Hanjour](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hani_Hanjour)
- [Hani Hanjour](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hani_Hanjour)
- [האני חנג'ור](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%A8)
- [Հանի Հանջուր](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB_%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%BB%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80)
- [Hani Hanjour](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hani_Hanjour)
- [Hani Hanjour](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hani_Hanjour)
- [Hani Hanjour](https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hani_Hanjour)
- [Hani Handżur](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hani_Hand%C5%BCur)
- [Hani Hanjour](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hani_Hanjour)
- [Хенджор, Хени](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%2C_%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8)
- [Hani Hanjour](https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hani_Hanjour)
- [Hani Hanjour](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hani_Hanjour)
- [Гані Ганджур](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%83%D1%80)
- [ہانی ہنجور](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%81%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%DB%81%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q738921)

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