Hani Hanjour and Nawaf al-Hazmi arrive in Mesa, Arizona from San Diego in preparation for Hanjour—the pilot of the plane that hit the Pentagon—to renew his flight certification and practice handling the controls of large commercial airliners.

Hanjour and al-Hazmi rent apartment #10 on 2221 West Farmdale Avenue and Hanjour enrolls in refresher training. They move to apartment #2144, Indian Springs Village, 1031 South Stewart Street in Mesa in January.

Hanjour starts with classroom training at Arizona Aviation and then starts simulator training at Pan Am International Jet Tech through March 2001. The 9/11 Commission later said that flight instructors found his performance to be sub-standard and they discouraged Hanjour from continuing training.