Hijackers in the September 11 attacks - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There were 19 hijackers in the September 11 attacks, part of an Islamist terrorist group called al-Qaeda. The 19 hijackers hijacked four aircraft; American Airlines Flight 11 had five hijackers and was flown into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, United Airlines Flight 175 had five hijackers and was flown into the South Tower of the World Trade Center, American Airlines Flight 77 had five hijackers and was flown into The Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93 had four hijackers and crashed outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania.[1]
Chosen
[change | change source]Mohamed Atta was the leader of the hijackers, and helped carry out the attacks. (Pilot-hijackers in bold)
Flight | Name | Age | Nationality |
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American Airlines Flight 11 | Mohamed Atta | 33 | ![]() |
Abdulaziz al-Omari | 22 | ![]() | |
Wail al-Shehri | 28 | ||
Waleed al-Shehri | 22 | ||
Satam al-Suqami | 25 | ||
United Airlines Flight 175 | Marwan al-Shehhi | 23 | ![]() |
Fayez Banihammad | 24 | ||
Mohand al-Shehri | 22 | ![]() | |
Hamza al-Ghamdi | 20 | ||
Ahmed al-Ghamdi | 22 | ||
American Airlines Flight 77 | Hani Hanjour | 29 | |
Khalid al-Mihdhar | 26 | ||
Majed Moqed | 24 | ||
Nawaf al-Hazmi | 25 | ||
Salem al-Hazmi | 20 | ||
United Airlines Flight 93 | Ziad Jarrah | 26 | ![]() |
Ahmed al-Haznawi | 20 | ![]() | |
Ahmed al-Nami | 24 | ||
Saeed al-Ghamdi | 21 |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "DCI Testimony Before the Joint Inquiry into Terrorist Attacks Against the United States" Archived 2010-03-24 at the Wayback Machine, June 18, 2002.