Hijacking — Shanksville

When

11 Sep 2001

Kind

Terrorist attack

Killed

44

Where

Shanksville, Pennsylvania

Coordinates

40.02° N, 78.91° W

Wounded

6

Attack

Hijacking, Armed Assault

Target

Private Citizens & Property, Government (General), Airports & Aircraft

Weapon

Vehicle, Incendiary, Melee

Outcome

Carried out

Suicide attack

Yes

Claimed

Yes, video

This was one of four related attacks that occurred in the United States that are known collectively as the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks. In the fourth of these attacks, occurring at 10:03 am local time, United Airlines Flight 93, a Boeing 757 passenger airplane, crashed en route from Newark, New Jersey to San Francisco, California. The plane crashed in a rural area of Pennsylvania near the town of Shanksville following a struggle for control of the plane between the passengers and four hijackers. Forty-four people, including 33 passengers, seven crew members, and four hijackers were killed in the crash. Six first responders were injured. Al-Qaida leaders including Osama bin Laden and Khalid Shaikh Mohammed claimed responsibility for the attacks in multiple videotaped interviews. Mohammed indicated in a 2002 interview with the Doha-based Al Jazeera News Network that the intended target of Flight 93 had been the United States Capitol Building located in Washington, DC.

From the Global Terrorism Database’s own summary of the attack.

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