Majed Moqed
Majed Moqed | |
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ماجد موقد | |
Born | |
Died | Arlington County, Virginia, U.S. aboard AA Flight 77 |
Cause of death | Suicide by plane crash (September 11 attacks) |
Nationality | Saudi Arabian |
Majed Mashaan Ghanem Moqed
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On 11 September 2001, Moqed boarded American Airlines Flight 77 and assisted in the hijacking of the plane so that it could be crashed into the Pentagon.
Early life and activities
Moqed was a law student from the small town of Al-Nakhil,
The two trained at Khalden, a large training facility near Kabul that was run by Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi. A friend in Saudi Arabia claimed he was last seen there in 2000, before leaving to study English in the United States.[3] In November 2000, Moqed and al-Suqami flew into Iran from Bahrain together.
Some time late in 2000, Moqed traveled to the
Known as al-Ahlaf during the preparations,[4] Moqed then moved in with hijackers Salem al-Hazmi, Abdulaziz al-Omari and Khalid al-Mihdhar in an apartment in Paterson, New Jersey.
2001
Moqed first arrived to the United States on or about May 2, 2001 with Ahmed al-Ghamdi.[5][6]
Later that year, Moqed, Hani Hanjour, Hazmi and Ahmed al-Ghamdi rented a minivan and travelled to Fairfield, Connecticut. There they met a contact in the parking lot of a local convenience store who provided them with false IDs. (This was possibly Eyad Alrababah, a Jordanian charged with document fraud).
Moqed was one of the five hijackers who asked for a state identity card on 2 August 2001. On 24 August, both Mihdhar and Moqed tried to purchase flight tickets from the American Airlines online ticket-merchant, but had technical difficulties resolving their address and gave up.[7]
Employees at Advance Travel Service in Totowa, New Jersey, later claimed that Moqed and Hanjour had both purchased tickets there. They claimed that Hani Hanjour spoke very little English, and Moqed did most of the speaking. Hanjour requested a seat in the front row of the airplane. Their credit card failed to authorize, and after being told the agency did not accept personal cheques, the pair left to withdraw cash. They returned shortly afterwards and paid $1842.25 in cash.[8] During this time, Moqed was staying in Room 343 of the Valencia Motel. On 2 September, Moqed paid cash for a $30 weekly membership at Gold's Gym in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Three days later he was seen on an ATM camera with Hani Hanjour. After the attacks, the manager at an adult video store, Adult Lingerie Center, in Beltsville claimed that Moqed had been in the store three times.[9]
Attacks
On 11 September 2001, Moqed arrived at
According to the 9/11 Commission Report, Moqed set off the metal detector at the airport and was screened with a hand-wand. He passed the cursory inspection, and was able to board his flight at 7:50. He was seated in 12A, adjacent to Mihdhar who was in 12B. Moqed helped to hijack the plane and assisted Hani Hanjour in crashing the plane into the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m., killing 189 people (64 on the plane and 125 on the ground).
The flight was scheduled to depart at 08:10, but ended up departing 10 minutes late from Gate D26 at Dulles.
After the attacks his family told Arab News that Moqed had been a fan of sports, and enjoyed travelling. Additionally, the U.S. announced it had found a "Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Student Identity Card" bearing Moqed's name in the rubble surrounding the Pentagon. They also stated that it appeared to have been a forgery.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "PE00114". United States District Court — Eastern District of Virginia. Archived from the original on 15 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ John J. Lumpkin. "Majed Moqed". Globalsecurity.org. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ Arab News, 9/22/01[permanent dead link]
- ^ Videotape of recorded will of Abdulaziz al-Omari and others
- ^ a b "9/11 Commission Report" (PDF). Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ United States of America v. Mohammed, Attash, Al-Shibh, Ali, and Al-Hasawi (U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York) ("Majed Moqed and Ahmed al-Ghamdi arrived in the Washington, D.C. area, on or about May 2, 2001"), Text.
- ^ "Statement of FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III to 9/11 Joint Intelligence Committee". Fas.org. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ "Boston.com / Fighting Terrorism". The Boston Globe.
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- ^ "Staff Monograph on the "Four Flights and Civil Aviation Security"" (PDF). National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. September 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2008.
- ^ Gregor, Joseph A. (21 December 2001). "ATC Report American Airlines Flight 77" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved 1 June 2008.
- ^ O’Callaghan, John; Bower, Daniel (13 February 2002). "Study of Autopilot, Navigation Equipment, and Fuel Consumption Activity Based on United Airlines Flight 93 and American Airlines Flight 77 Digital Flight Data Recorder Information" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved 1 June 2008.
- ^ Johnson, Glen (23 November 2001). "Probe reconstructs horror, calculated attacks on planes". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 1 June 2008.
- ^ "American Airlines Flight 77 FDR Report" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. 31 January 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 2 June 2008.
- ^ "Remains Of 9 Sept. 11 Hijackers Held". CBS News. 17 August 2002. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2008.
- PMID 26256813. Archived from the original(PDF) on 20 July 2006. Retrieved 30 September 2008.
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