Abdulaziz al-Omari

Abdulaziz al -Omari (Arabic عبدالعزيزالعمري, DMG ʿ Abd al - ʿ Azeez al - ʿ Umarī; born May 28, 1979 in Asir, Saudi Arabia, † 11 September 2001 in New York City ) was an Islamist terrorist.

About his life and his career is virtually nothing is known. According to a report by the CIA in 2003, he has a degree of Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud University, was married and had a daughter. On 29 June 2001 al -Omari first traveled to the United States and lived some time in Vero Beach ( Florida), where he used the flight simulator Flight Safety Academy, together with Mohand al Shehri, and Said al -Ghamdi.

Al -Omari is considered a member of the group of hijackers who flew into the World Trade Center ( North Tower ) in the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001 as the first. For this purpose, a Boeing 767 - 223ER was the American Airlines Flight 11 as Renegade. At 8:46 clock struck this intentionally in the high-rise; died there 1366 people in the building and 92 occupants of the aircraft.

Leader and later pilot was the Egyptian Mohammed Atta; other helpers were on board the Saudis Walid al - Shehri, Wail al Shehri and Satam al - - ​​Suqami.

Al -Omari and Atta flew in the early morning of September 11 from the Portland Airport to Boston and got there around in the plane. Al- Omaris passport was discovered in a piece of luggage at the airport in Portland, that did not work with the connecting flight to Boston. A total of four passes of the hijackers of September 11 were found.

Until 15 September 2001, the FBI suspected due to a mix the respectable Saudi Arabian and pilots of the Saudi Arabian Airlines Abdul Rahman Alomari, who also lived in Vero Beach, and there attended a flight school. However Alomari was alive, had a wife and four children and returned shortly before the attacks in his home country. Then the name of the hijackers was corrected towards Abdulaziz al -Omari.