American Airlines Flight 11
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American Airlines Flight 11 was a domestic passenger flight that was hijacked by five al-Qaeda terrorists on the morning of September 11, 2001, as part of the September 11 attacks. The hijacked airlin
N334AA, the aircraft involved in the hijacking, seen in April 2001
Atta (blue shirt) and al-Omari at Portland International Jetport, passing through security on the morning of 9/11
Landing gear from Flight 11 found at West and Rector streets
Wreckage at museum
Mohamed Atta
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Mohamed Atta was an Egyptian engineer, architect, and the lead terrorist hijacker for al-Qaeda on American Airlines Flight 11. Ideologically a pan-Islamist, he was the ringleader of the September 11 a
American Airlines Flight 11
…and breached the cockpit while forcing the passengers and crew to the rear of the aircraft. The assailants attacked both pilots, allowing lead hijacker Mohamed Atta to take over the controls. Air traffic controllers suspected that the flight was in distress because the crew became non-responsive. They realized that…
Atta in May 2001
Mohamed Atta (left) as a student in Germany, May 1993
The apartment Atta, Bahaji, and bin al-Shibh shared from 1998 until 2001 in Marienstrasse, Hamburg, Germany
Atta's U.S. visa (photocopies of some of the visa pages were found in Atta's luggage which wasn't loaded onto the plane)