The Pentagon after the 9/11 attack – in pictures
The FBI has released previously unseen images of the devastation caused by the 11 September 2001 terrorist attack on the Pentagon, when the hijacked American Airlines flight 77 crashed into the headquarters of the US department of defence in Arlington County, Virginia, killing 189 people
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Smoke billows from the Pentagon after the plane hit the western side of the building
Photograph: FBI Records
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It took firefighters days to fully extinguish the fires
Photograph: FBI Records
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Flames and smoke billow from a hole in the exterior wall
Photograph: FBI Records
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A damaged inner wall with debris
Photograph: FBI Records
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The clear-up operation begins
Photograph: FBI Records
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Sifting through the debris
Photograph: FBI Records
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The impact of the crash caused sections of the building to collapse
Photograph: FBI Records
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Fire damage and debris
Photograph: FBI Records
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Forensic experts search the wreckage – their identities have been hidden in the images
Photograph: FBI Records
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Looking out of the damaged building
Photograph: FBI Records
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Filing cabinets can be seen as forensic experts inspect an office
Photograph: FBI Records
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Flags are raised at the scene
Photograph: FBI Records
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Rescue workers with sniffer dogs search for survivors
Photograph: FBI Records
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The Pentagon FBI team stands in water that was used to douse the flames
Photograph: FBI Records
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An aerial view of the damage
Photograph: FBI
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Metal debris with American Airlines markings
Photograph: FBI Records
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A piece of plane fuselage in American Airlines colours on the grass outside the Pentagon
Photograph: FBI Records
