American Airlines Flight 11 was a domestic
passenger flight that was
hijacked by five
al-Qaeda members on September 11, 2001, as part of the
September 11 attacks. One,
Mohamed Atta, deliberately crashed it into the North Tower of the
World Trade Center in New York City, killing all 92 people aboard and an unknown number in the building's impact zone. The aircraft involved, a
Boeing 767-223ER, was flying
American Airlines' daily scheduled morning
transcontinental service from
Logan International Airport, in
Boston, Massachusetts, to
Los Angeles International Airport, in
Los Angeles, California.