Abdul Rahman al-Omari

Abdul Rahman al-Omari (Arabic: عبدالرحمن العمري‎; ʿAbd ar-Raḥman al-ʿUmarī; born on December 24, 1972) is a former pilot for Saudi Arabian Airlines. He was mistakenly named by the FBI as the hijacker-pilot of American Airlines Flight 11 in the September 11 attacks.[1]

Abdul Rahman al-Omari
NationalitySaudi
Known forWrongly accused of being a 9/11 hijacker
Children4

Biography

He had once worked at JFK Airport.[2]

Wrongly accused

He had moved out of his Vero Beach, Florida residence with his wife and four children on September 3, 2001, but it was quickly shown that he was still alive, and the FBI issued an apology.

Real identity of hijackers

It was quickly determined that Mohamed Atta was the hijacker-pilot among the group of hijackers of American 11.[3] The FBI then named Abdulaziz al-Omari as a hijacker, who may have used the alias "Abdulrahman al-Omari" when boarding American 11, the probable reason the FBI named the wrong Omari.[4]

References
  1. Phelps, Mark (3 October 2007). "FlightSafety and ERAU Pilots Were Not Involved". AINonline. The Convention News Company, Inc. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  2. The Associated Press, ed. (27 September 2001). "The FBI's Hijacker List". CBS News. CBS Worldwide Inc. Archived from the original on 14 April 2002. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  3. Rose, David (14 October 2001). "Attackers did not know they were to die". The Guardian. Guardian News & Media Limited. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  4. "The FBI Releases 19 Photographs of Individuals Believed to be the Hijackers of the Four Airliners that Crashed on September 11, 2001". FBI National Press Office. U.S. Department of Justice. U.S. government. 28 September 2001. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
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