Fayez Banihammad | |
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فايز بني حماد | |
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| Born | Fayez Rashid Ahmed Hassan al-Qadi Banihammad March 19, 1977 Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates |
| Died | September 11, 2001 (aged 24) South Tower, New York City, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Suicide by plane crash (September 11 attacks) |
| Nationality | Saudi |
| Relatives | Ahmed al-Ghamdi (brother) |
Fayez Banihammad[a] (March 19, 1977 – September 11, 2001) was an Emirati terrorist hijacker from al-Qaeda who was one of the five terrorist hijackers aboard United Airlines Flight 175 that was flown into the South Tower of the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks.
In 1999, Banihammad left the United Arab Emirates for Saudi Arabia, where he joined the al-Qaeda terrorist group. He met Mustafa al Hawsawi, who allegedly funded the attacks. He entered the United States with a tourist visa, and on August 29, 2001, Banihammad paid for his flight ticket. Flight 175 was meant to fly from Boston's Logan Airport to Los Angeles. On the day of the attacks, after the plane took off, his group of hijackers likely forced their way into the cockpit and stabbed the pilots to death. Marwan al-Shehhi, the only other Emirati involved in the attacks, took control of the plane, and flew it into the South Tower, killing everyone onboard.
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