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9 11 Commission Report — Part 2
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last row in Business Class. American Airlines Flight 11 was cleared for takeoff at 8:00 AM and
diverted course at 8:14 AM. American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the
World Trade Center at 8:46 AM; resulting in the collapse of the tower at approximately 10:25 AM.
(LES) Later in the day on 9/11/01, two pieces of luggage in the name of Mohamed Atta,
which had not been loaded onto American Airlines Flight 11, were recovered at Boston's Logan
Airport. Among other items, the bag contained a handwritten letter in Arabic that gave both
spiritual and literal instructions on how to behave during the hijacking operation. Copies of this
letter were also recovered at the crash site of United Airlines Flight 93 and in the car registered to
Nawaf Al-Hazmi that was found at Dulles International Airport.
ii, United Airlines Flight 175
(LES) United Airlines Flight 175 was hijacked by Marwan Al-Shehhi(seat 6C, Business
Class Section), Hamza Al-Ghamdi (seat 9C, Economy Class Section), Mohand Al-Shehri (seat 2B,
First Class Section), Ahmed Al-Ghamdi (seat 9D, Economy Class Section) and Fayez
Banihammad (seat 2A, First Class Section ). Al-Shehhi was believed to be the pilot afier the
hijacking as he was the only hijacker on this team who had flight training and flight simulator
training.
(LES) Early in the morning on 9/11/01, Hamza Al-Ghamidi checked out of the Days Hotel.
About 15 minutes prior to checkout, another man identified by the hotel manager as Ahmed Al-
Ghamdi exited the hotel. A taxi drove Hamza Al-Ghamdi and an unknown male, believed to be
Ahmed Al-Ghamdi, to the airport, dropping them off at 6:15 AM. Banihammad and Al-Shehri
checked out of the Milner Hotel at approximately 6:20 AM and then drove a rental car to Boston
Logan Airport, where they returned the car to the rental company. Al-Shebhi, who had received a
cell phone call from Ziad Jarrah (Flight 93) that morning, also arrived at the airport.
(LES) United Airlines Flight 175 departed Boston’s Logan Airport at 7:58 AM, bound for
Los Angeles, Califomia. At 8:46 AM, United Airline Flight 175 changed its transponders code,
possibly signifying that the hijackers had control of the aircraft. At 9:03 AM, UA 175 crashed into
the South Tower of the World Trade Center, and the tower collapsed at 9:55 AM.
(LES) The collapse of the World Trade Center’s North and South Towers resulted in the
deaths of approximately 2,891 psopis,
iil, American Airlines Flight 77
(LES) American Airlines Flight 77 was hijacked by Khalid Al-Mihdhar (seat 12B, Coach
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