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Lotfi Raissi is described as a white male,[::::::::] .1 [::k:§hs communication augmentsprior disseminations regarding and summarizes informationobtained which established reason to believeE;:::::::g::L|Hani Hanjour, the presumed pi ot of t e ijacked
American Airlines Flight 77 on 09/11/2001 who flew the plane into
the Pentagon.
On August 21, 1993, at 19 45] Ithe
line at the Gulf Air checkin desk at Heathrow Airport. Whi e
waiting, |a passenger in
the line. was arrested and charged with Theft.
On September 27, 1993, he was convicted at Uxbridge Magistrates
Court.
tr has been esLablished_thrnuah_eTforts by LEGAT Romethat| the Italian
authorities on August Z2, I§§q |I I To summarize circumstances surrounding the
detention, the following is provided:
On August 22, 1996, two Italian National Police
Officers stopped an individual who appeared to be North African
behaving in a suspicious manner in Rome, Italy. The individual
produced an international driver's license. issued in Eqypt.
identifvinq him| I| | Various checks revealed lhad a criminal
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' ' <identifi@d as
His driver's license was seize
and he was charged with false information and false documents.
E::g had made a telephone call on his cellular
telephone as e was being stopped by the police, advising the
recipient of the call, in French, that he was being stopped by
the olice. The police determined that the number he called,[:::¬::::::] was subscribed to by the Hotel Napoleon, Pizza
Vitt nuel II. The police went to the hotel and learnedthatEfi;:;?itelephone call had been transferred to a room
occupie y an Algerian and a French woman. The police also
learned from the hotel personnel that the Algerian had received
Arabic speaking males as visitors to the hotel room.
The hotel registry indicated that the Al erian had
rovided French documents to the hotel in the nameE? A Frenchidentity card numberE1 Hssued in France12/10/1991 identifie QT| The French woman possessed
a French passport, number issued in|France on 07/22/1994 identifying]Else possessed COpllSIof two other French qovernmfnt documents indicating that his name
The police went to the hotel room and found the woman
hurriedly packing a suitcase, and a man taking a shower. Upon
seeing the police, the woman threw herself on the floor, _
screaming. The man told her, in French, that "they're Italian
olice, they're excrement." The Italian olice found an Algeriann |containing hotograph, issuedto| Also found were
the following items: a copy of the Koran - w ich the Algerian '
did not want touched, a form I-20M-N, entitled, US Department of
Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Certificate of
Eligibility for Non-immigrant M-1! Student Status For Vocational
Students. A M1 visa is issued for vocational or non-academic
student training.!
On the same day that| |guestioned by the' 9i.mLQo_th§;:d I]
e stopped at the Rome-Fiumicino
airport were in po s ' o l French . 1 f apassports an lC e s or New York. E:fff:fi::::f::fTalso
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possessed fraudulent French documents and tickets to New York on
the same dayI I The passports were issued to
true individuals, butI Iphotographs had been
substituted for the photographs of the original holders of the
passports. They were not permitted to travel to New York since
their ass orts were fraudulent. LEGAT Rome recently learnedthat[:?:::¬]was an associateI Iand that they
played soccer together. The Italians seizedI Icellular
telephone on 08/22/1996 and LEGAT Rome has requested the results
of the Italian investigation into the telephone. Initial results
reveal contacts with four Italian cellular telephones:
subscribed toI
Isubscribed toId toI L| Isubscribed toI
The Italian investigator indicated that these
individuals are criminals involved in prostitution and narcotics.
The Italian investigator offered that one of the telephone
numbers is associatedI I
I owever, they did not have Ehe fuI1
connection yet. may be involved in narcotics
' ' 1 iona y, LEGAT Rome, also learned that
was stopped in Dublin, Ireland on either
08/13 1996 or 08/15/1996, coming from the Rome - Fiumicino
airport with a false French passport in his own name and anFrench identification|cardI I
" Phoenix[::::g:::::::::lapplied for a B-1 and B-2 visa
in Tunis on 8/19/1996 ut was re used due to insufficient
documentation. On 08/22/96 he was detained and questioned by theItalians and his Algerian passport, no[:::::::] was seized. On
10/24/96 he applied for an M1 visa in Tunis with Algerian
ass ort, no[:::::::] This was granted. In early November 1996,i;:j%] enrolled in fli ht training in Phoenix, Arizona ando tained an apartmentrg I~
I Ipassport was recovered by His mother
in Rome on 12/03/1996.! On 05/10/2001,[::::::]app1ied in London
for an M-1 Visa. The Consulate in Tunis conducted a search and
issued the Ml Visa. I Ipassport,_number[:;::;::] and the visa was requested for Ehe purpose of attending
f 1g t training at K&S Aviation in Phoenix, Arizona. The
adjudication occurred on 05/8/2001 and the Ml visa was is d on
with and explrarlqn Qf
by the Br1t1s in 1993
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for theft under the alias of| Ior his use ofthe[::::::]alias in his visa application.
The FBI received information from multiple individual whorepresented that[::%;:::;;]Hanjour were associated. The results
of those interviews ave een previously disseminated via a
Letter Head Memorandum dated O9/22/2001. The information set
forth below are excerpts from those interviews which established-
the basis for believing| lwith Hanjour.
On September 14, 2001,] lprovided the
following information:
| |Sawyer , School of Aviation,
hereafter referred to as Sawyer, 2730 Sk Harbor Blvd., Phoenix,
Arizona-85034, telephone numberzl |facsimilenumber: 02! 244-2282.]at Sawyer. She has been employed wiEh Sawyer I
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[::;:;::lremembers that four male individuals that she
believe o e from the Middle East joined the Sims Club atSawyer on O6/23/2001.[::::;;]researched Sawyer computer recordsfor Sims Club membership an identified the following male
individuals as being the Middle Eastern individuals who joined
the club on 06/23/2001 | |
Hani Hanjour. Sawyer records reflects that Hanjour's
' t the Sims Club expired on 07/29/2001.
membership expired on 08/08/2001.
E:::::::]provided interviewing Agent with a copy of Sawyer
Simulator Club records naming the above described individuals.
These were place in a 1A envelope.
[:::::::]stated that she distinctly remembers the above
listed individuals because they wandered around the Sawyer
facility liked they owned the place. They would all come into the
facility at once and block off large segments of time on the AST-
3O0 flight simulator. They would take turns using the simulator.
When one of them was using the simulator the others would be
lounging around the snack bar area or taking a nap while waitingfor their turns on the simulator. [::::::]describedindividuals as being rude to other Sawyer employees.t%iff::::::::]
stated that these individuals would come in together. ometimes
all four would come in and at other times two would come in. She
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believes that two of the individuals only participated briefly in
the training. She could not remember which two.
The individuals described above would not normally_make
reservations to block out time to u e the simulator on theSawyer's simulator schedule.[::;:;:ilthat the norm is for club
members to call the Sawyer fron es and reserve simulator time.
It is unusual for members not to reserve time in advance.
[::::::]never saw a vehicle s! associated with the above
described individuals. y
E::::::]<described the individuals as follows:
UNSUB #1 Middle Eastern, male, early to mid 20s in age,
5'2"5'4" in height, 160 lbs. in weight, short and stocky build,
dark olive complexion, black short curly hair, back mustache,
spoke English with a heavy accent. ,
UNSUB #2 Middle Eastern, male, early to mid 20s in age,
5'9" 5'10" in height, 170 lbs. in weight, medium build, dark
colored short/medium length hair, dark full mustache. ,
UNSUB #3 Middle Eastern, male, early mid 20s in age, 5'8"
in height, 170 lbs. in weight, olive complexion, medium build,
dark colored hair cut short, dark colored mustache.
UNSUE #4 Middle Eastern, male, early to mid 20s in age,
5'6" - 5'7" in height, olive complexion, dark colored hair, dark
colored beard and mustache.
On September l5, 200lLm lprovided FBI
Phoenix the following info ation=
[:::::]advised that he was employed] Iat' v ion A ademy from 1991-1999. | [ |
Hani Hanjour at the Arizona Aviation
Academy in 1997. advised that Hanjour had two additioflight jnstrugtgrf while attending Arizonr Aviation Academy,Eii:::::]
| %A gwhen Hanjour first began flying lessonsat Arizona viation Aca emy, Hanjour alreadv had some advanced
training and a private pilots license. I I |
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Hanjour was training on the Cessna 172, which is a single engine,
four seat and 150 horse power engine. I Ithe
ability to fly a Cessna 172 could transfer over to the ability to
fly a 757 airplane. I IHanjour was also
training for an instrument level, and the instructor for this
training|:|
I IHanjour was a terrible pilot. Hanjour
had difficulty understanding air traffic control, the methods for
' ' nagement and had poor navigati nal k'll . o s i s
the ur could perform only flyin skill Han'o
was flying the plane straight. he did not believe
Han'our's oor flying skills were guage barrier._[:::i::;;:ii:]Hanjour took lessons two to three timeser wee , or two months. I after two months,
I IHanjour as very quiet, and did not
discuss politics, the mi itarv or any aspect of his personal
life; howeverh] IHanjour became verv upset,| I
Lanjour woufd occasionafly cheat on several flyin tests and whenconfronted about it, Hanjour would lie about it. E:::::::::::::]E:::]IHanjour only associated with the other Arab students, while
at Arizona Aviation Academy.
[:::::;::::::::;]Hanjour as a male, 5'5", short dark hair,
light comp exion, s ight build well spoken, and possessedade uate En lish skills. [::::]was shown a picture of Hanjourandimmmmmmgmmmmmmuthat was the person[::::::::::::::Pt Arizona
Aviation Aca emy.
I lwhen he refused to continue instructing
Hanjour completed his training
6Haniour. Haniour starte traininfI I J I
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On September 16, 2001, Phoenix FBI interviewedE;::::::::][:::::::]regardin her knowledge of Hani Hanjour and nown
associates. came in regular contact with Hanjour and his
associates lat Arizona
Aviation from January 1998 to September 1999. | |had
contacted the task force to report that she had some information
about Hani Hanjour. [::::::]provided the following information: b6
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Istudents pursing various ratings. Wile at
Arizona Aviation she had occasional contact with Hanjour and
associates. '
. | |Hanjour as a small man who was very
quiet. A picture of Hanjour was shown[::::::::::]and she
recognized him as the Hanjour that trained at Arizona Aviation.
Hanjour often participated in flying lessons for a one to two
Arizona Aviation, often had to call»
Hanjour in an effort to get Hanjour to pay his bill. Hanjour did
not pay his fees daily but often let the monthly bill add up to
$1,500 to $2,500, based on the money owed for the plane rental
and instructor's fees. On at least two occasions, Hanjour came
into th ' ' ' ' e office and paid[:::::::]in cash using small
denominations, which he retrieved from an envelope that he was
carrying.F¢Q§k$ and then would disappear for weeks or months at a time.
l IJHanjour and thought that he was,
pursing His private pilots icense while at Arizona Aviation.
She thought that Hanjour may have also been pursing his
instrument rating as well, after getting his private pilots
license.
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I IHan3our was friends with three other
student pilots and two other pilot instructors, all of Middle
Eastern decent. She assumed that Hanjour was roommates with
several of the students based on them sharing rides to and from
I_ I _ I IHanjourassociates and described him as 22 or 23 years old, who was
friendlier than the others. She knew his name because[:::::::::]
I Ifor all the Arizona Aviation
s u en s 0 en pic ed up and dropped off the other
Middle Eastern stu ents in his own car
Another of Hanjour's associates,I I was a
very large man weighing about 250 lbs and described him as having
a ood sense of humor. On May 31, l998,I I[:ii:::::]for a "Stage l Phase Check" which was required to
secure his private pilots license. ote in her flightlog book that she did not recommendE5555555}fjto fly solo.
also recognized the photoI I
as a former Arizona Aviation stu en pi ot an an
associate of Hanjour. She described him as a very small man, and
'rmed that he was only about 5'0" tall.[fffjAbdullah but saw him around Arizona AvLatIUTJ
I Ithe photograph ofI IIArizona Aviation and an associate of "Lanjour. I Irecalled thatI IHan1our both took
flying lessonsI I Ia very
nice man with a nice family and could not possibly see him as
being involved in any terrorist attack.
Ithe hoto ra h workin as 9 P I I 9a frlelance at Falcon Fie , Mesa, and an
iassociate of Hanjour. often rented Arizona Aviation's
planes as an instructor but never was on Arizona Aviation
payroll. [::::::]flew multi-engine airplanes and was checked out
viation. instructor pilots at Arizona E;_________£Zo;Zr;ii;;£;cin:e;£re being allowed to fly at Arizona
Aviation o e i u or hygiene of these Middle Eastern '
students and were reluctant to fl with them because of theirodor. It was arranged to haveg::i:::Lbe assigned as[::::::::::]
to at le t three o t e a ove fo r studentsHanjour,f5 u1Ia Ia very forceful and pushy guy with ba teeEh. I I
a so reca led that he often traveled back and forth to the Middle
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East and remembered one conversation that she had[::::;:::::] of
him complaining that he could not smoke cigarettes on merican
flights, but that he could smoke on the airlines in his country.
| |all of the individuals associated with Hanjour
were chain smokers include Hanjour.
An analysis of records received from Arizona Aviationconducted by the Phoenix Division determinedg::::::::]flight
a ivi y began on November 19, 1997 and ende on May 10, 1999.Egiigggifiid a total of $7,465.15 for the training. All of
training was conducted without an instructor.
. Hani Hanjour trained on 151 days at Arizona Aviation during
the period December 29, 1997 to December 23, 2000. Hanjour aida total of $15,110.74 for the training. Hanjour[::;:::::::;§:::]
engaged in flight activity at Arizona Aviation on t e same ates
than five times, including: May 29, 1998, June 1, 1998, no less
June 17, 1998, September 30, 1998, and October 7, 1998.
On September 19, 2001,| |provided FBI
Phoenix the following information:
In approximately 1996,[::::::]moved to Arizona to finish his
flight training. He attended a program at Westwind Aviation for
which he would pay $14,000.00 to complete the program. Westwind
Aviation was located near the Deer Valley Airport. [:::::::][:::::::::::::] worked at the airport concession stand in order to
raise money for the flight training and living expenses. In
April 1997, he was granted his instructor certification. He was
certified in commercial, multiengine, and instrument ratings.
[::::::]wanted to become an instructor in order to build hours .
towards getting a higher level flight status and also to be more
marketable to become an air transport pilot. Also, whilef_______]
in '
While at Westwind Aviation,| lMiddleEastern students. One student named] |was rom Qatar
and was the first student] |
This student was government subsidized and attended training atWestwind Aviation. k_ lwhereaboutsat this time but be ieves he may be in Qatar.
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Another student[::::::::::::::::]who also attended theWestwind Academy. He was approximately two months behindE;;:::::]in his flight training.| Iflewl Ion two di erent
occasions that he knows of and described him as having a temper..He was Al erian by nationality. At the present time,g::%::::::]
Raissi is in Algeria or ossibl Englan ; owever,as ad no other COI'1CaCt
Hani Hanjour was a Saudi Arabian National[::::::::::][;;;;:;;:]as very, very quiet who did not interact with the other
s u en s, to include the Arabic or the Muslim students. Hassan
had seen Hanjour at the mosque many times and considered him to
' 'ous Hani Hanjour's flight training was financedI i His father was deceased;| |that Hanjou |took on the financial oligations to
ensure that Hanjour was taken care of. Hanjour was described as
not anti-social but very much to himself. He sat by himself at
lunch and would not go out with the other pilots to do things.
The only place that Hanjour was seen outside of the aviation
school was by the mosque.
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[::::::::::::::::]Hanjour as a very poor pilot who did not
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inside the cock it to the point where Hanjour was almost fearful.E;::::::::;::::;fhe flew with Hani Hanjour on five to six flights.angour s rugg ed with the instrument rating,|
Hanjour eventually passed his commercial pilot certificationwith the FAA. He had initially failed it once[::::::g:%::]for
Hani Hanjours English was extremely weak, and it is e ieved
that he wanted to become a Saudi Arabian airlines pilot.
Immediately after Hanjour passed his check-out ride for his
co m r i rating, Hanjour left for Saudi Arabia. The last time[:i%:f:i:f%]Hanjour was sometime during the religious holidays of
Ramadan at the mosque. Hanjour did not approach[:::::::] They
spoke only briefly. Hanjour said he wanted to come back to the
United States to build more hours. Hanjour also asked 'f
he knew where to go to get a 737 aircraft type rating.
told him that he would have to contact the school to fin ou ow
to get that rating. i
[:;;::]became aware that Hani Hanjour was one of the pilots
of the ijacked aircraft on approximately Friday or Saturday,
September 13 or 14, 2001. While he was talking to his wife on
the phone,E:::::]noticed that Hani Hanjours name and picture
had come up on the media. , .
On September 21, 2001,[::::::::::::::::]provided FBI Phoenix
the following information: .
I F]AmericaWest Airlines.| |employees on the Boein 737 flight
system. Prior to his current job the flight -
simulators at Sawyer Aviation SA!. a one hour dual '
check flight on the simulators of al in ivi uals joining the Sim
Club. I |a check flight on the simulator of an
Arab man named Hani. Hani was not interested in going ' t
school, he was only interested in using the simulator.first met Hani in 1998. I Iwas introduced to Hani
|the flight simulators.
recalled hat this meeting took place in the hallway of SA.
a picture of Hani Hanjour. [:::::]was unaware
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that the picture was of Hanjour. I Ithe
individual pictured Hanjour! was very similar to a man he
recalled seeing walking in a hallway at SA[:::::::::::::] -
In addition to the Arab man named Hani [:::::::::::::::]
other men of Arab descent that were members of the Sim Club.
was s ecifically asked if he knew of a man named[::::::::]v .
whic remembered well. I Iwas both a member of the Sim
Club and the SA flight school. I Ieventually
went on to obtain a commercial pilots license, and recalled that
E::::]went back to a middle eastern country to fly for anairline. [::::;]did not finish his flight school training with
SA. He was as ed to leave the program at some point because of
his poor perfo n . E:::::]had a bad temper and wanted thingsdone his way. I Idid not like the peo le or the culture inthe United States. Fcould possibly be
connected in some way, or may have some information regarding the
recent terrorist attack on the United States.
[:::::]was shown several photographs of men of Arab descent.
The photographs were of Arab men whose identities were known to
the investigators showin the hoto ra hs. I Iwas not aware' ' n i 'es. I Ithe faces ofEf:ffiif:¥%f:E:Eib2uuuAlshehh__13EE?____]and Zaad SamirJarra . a member_n£_Lhe_SinL_] .Club. He remembered doingIHe was eighty percent sure that he had seen Alshehhi using the
simulator He thought he recognized the faces
E:::]from his time at SA, and was one hundred percent sure that
he had talk to Jarrah at SA. He identified Jarrah's lip as the
distinctive feature which made him sure that he had talked with
Jarrah. I I Ithat he may have seenusing the simulator. He was onl ei hty sure bec£;;%&;;;;;;;;;;5was pictured with a beard, and[:f:::idid not recall any of the
men having a beard.
[:::::::::::::::]the Arab men that used the simulator come
alone. From their behavior he felt that they were all a part of
a su ort rou to help each other learn on the simulator [::::::::]E:::ff::::?:::¬]lived at an apartment com lex with another Arabman, whose identity was unknown[:::::::::f _
[;::::]recalled that men of middle eastern descent began to
"floc " to the Sim Club when word got out that it provided
unlimited access to a flight simulator.
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I Iindividuals of middle e rn escent
knew that the Phoenix, Arizona area, described as the
valley, provided renowned flight training, to inc u e Lufthansa
Airlines. Lufthansa has significant operations in both the
Phoenix area and the middle east. | |around 1990
there was a significant increase in the amount of people of
middle eastern descent that began to request flight training in
the Phoenix area. '
[:::::::::::::]the following description of the man known to
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Sex: Male Weight: 145-150 pounds
Hair: Curly, close cropped
Build: Very slight and thin
Height: 5'5"-5'6"
'Hands= Big and gangly .
On September 24, 2001, [:::::::::]provided the following
information:
I Ishown photographs of Hani Han'ourE;::;::;:::;::]| ll a o w om e
recognized as having attended flight training together at Arizona
Aviation.
I |Arizona Aviation as a[:::::::::][from November, 1997 until May, 1999. Hani Hanjour,
Iand another Middle Eastern student whoseirst name was | Last Name Unknown! attended flight
trainin to et er a rizona Aviation, arriving very shortly
after working there. The only one-onone contact
that had with any of the men was on January 6, 1998, at
whic m | a flight training testing
requirement with Hanjour. A
Not long after Haniour| ILNU arrived t|Arizona Aviationhj | Ialso arrived there. I Ibelieved the
five men must have known each other prior to the fli ht trainingbecause they were very close from the beginning. Eéjigjwould see
the men on a regular basis at the flight school, an t ey were
usually together. They spoke some English, but mostly they spoke
a foreign language[:::::::::::]thought to be Arabic.
Lk las "cocky". If[::::::lmade amista e, he always Blamed 1 on someone else, or c aimed there
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was a problem with the aircraft. [::::::]talked about going to
flight school in Scottsdale, Arizona, and in fact had a 737
ratin . Arizona Aviation allowed free lance flight instruction.[::::i<did a lot of flight instruction there, predominantly if
not exclusively to other Middle Easterners.
On September 26, 2oo1,|:| PROTECT IDENTITY!
provided the following information: .
Iwas shown a photo raph depicting?identified theI
by/D
individual in the photograah
2000. '
E::::::::::::::]a photograph depicting Hani Hanjour. [:::::]
identified the individual in the photograph as Hani Hanjour.
I Imet Raissi on or about July, l998'through
Ialwavs had monevl wore nice clothes and waslgell groomed.I gmade long I
istance hone caI1s from the apartment office an would speakArabic. E%::::::::::]Hanjour was sometimes[:::::::::::]when he
made the phone calls. 'from November 4, 1996 to April 6,
I Imet Hanjour on or abou
Iintroduced Hanjour
saw Hanjour several timesI _ I
for a couple of weeks. I IHanjour was a quiet
individual and had a strong Arabic accent. _
On September 27, 2001,[::::::::::::::]provided the following-
information:
gthe Westwind Aviation Academand Ias a close an personal friend. [:;;::::::f]I |often spent personal ' o ewtogether at Westwind Aviation. I Itook avac ' getherI IlastsawEiif2:ijapproximately two months ago in Phoenix, Arizona.
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wanted to be a commercial pilot and wasLliving in England. _
[::::::::::::] an individual named Hani Hanjour at '
the Tem e Arizona mosque, through another acquaintance named[::;;::i;;;;::] Hanjour was a very quiet individual and onlyspo e wit im on three or four occasions. [::::;:::::::]Hanjour
were clo e friends I Ionly spoke wit Hanjour at the
mosque. last saw Hanour pravinq at the mosque' two months aqo. E
he
attended Westwind Aviation Academy at the same time as Hanjour.
On September 27, 2oo1,I I PROTECT IDENTITY!
provided the following information:
If photograph depicting Iiovember 4, I9§E to April 6, ZUUU. I
I FIa photograph depicting Hani Hanjour.
i not identify the individual by name. However,
stated she has seen the individual in the photograph
I Ia photoqraphI I I H
identified the individual in the photograph asI
I Ireferred to his cousin as Hani, last
name not provided. I I"Hani !.
Iin February or March,
saw
ars old 5'7"5 8 hair mediumlength! with a goatee I Ithe other unknown
male as being twenty to twenty five years old 5 6"57 average
build clean shaven, dark hair with a dark complexiontwo unknown MiddleEastern males
described one of the unknown males as being eigteen to twentyye I 1 nl S1 ' '
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I Iin February, 1999. E Hwas very amica e, charming, and kin . I Iwould talk to
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qabout white American men and how they did not supporteir ami ies. I |Raissi almost on adailv basis] I
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1 luse the office phone on several
' d at times he w ld c ll s m one 'n Cal'f r ' occasions an ou a o e i i o nialdid not provide an informationregarding the identity of the in ividual calling.
dinner on one occasion
but did not provide any details.
Ithe individual she identified as being
seen may have lived with two other unknown males in
the apartment complex but she is not sure. The individual in the
photograp Iwas actually Hani Hanjour. '
On October 7, 2001,| lprovided the
following information: ,
-I Ifirst met a the Pan Am
flight Academy in late 1997 or early 1998. started out asa flight student and eventually became an instructor. 1 |
first instructor was an individual| | e firsttime[::g:::]flew solo he crashed a plane] lwasassigne to be his teacher. |at the time. From May 1998 to September l998J---------{
on a daily basis.
ave for three or four months at a time.
he was going to Paris or England.
I lseveral times since September 1998.| |would come to Westwind with several people and fly to Las
Vegas. [::::]1NU and Hani Hanjour were two people that wouldtravel with him. [::::]remembered in Hani Hanjour§;:::::::::::]three t'me durin 1998 When[:::if%:ii]Han'our ou m t i s g . 3 , w co e 0
the airport with several p¬QQl§; jour would sit by himself ata distance. | HTthat Hanjour was weird and he
did not like socializing with people.
On October 16, 2001,[::::::::::::::::]provided the following
information;
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I _ _ ISawyer School of Aviation, 2730 SkHbB1d.,Ph-A- . -~ |i| ar or v oenix, rizona Interviewing Agents asked
if she wanted to add anything to her 09/17/2001 statement o the
Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI!. therewas something that she wanted to add toI¬?_§¬§EEm¬ET[:::%%::]
indicated that sometime after her interview with the FBI on
09/17/2001 she was watching television coverage of the rrest ofThe video coverage[:::%:] was
watching showed| Iout of a car. The news coverage
identified this person as Istated that she
immediately recognized| Ias being a person she met at Sawyer
Aviation.
I Imet an individual at Sawyer Aviation
during late June or early July 2001 who identified himself to her
as bein Iwhenand two'other males wer? leaving the building.
I on the day she saw these
individuals. The four were just finishing traini ' ' htsimulator and stopped by the front counter whereE?:i2:fEi:fiiiI $from previous encounters.
e aid not know Ehe two oEher indivi uals with them. One of theindividuals came to the front counterh |Thiserson introduced himself[:::::::::] e stated Ehat nis name[f::::]and that he was a flight instructostated that[:::;;looked more Western than either
or the fourth in ividual that she described as the "s a owy guy."
The fourth individual was an "Arab looking" male, 5'6" in height,
short cut dark hair, "maybe" some facial hair, thin "wiry build."
[::::::::::::::::]this individual as being a "small guy" and a
"shadowy guy" who would hang out in the back and never talk.
I £IIbelieved that this was the "one and
only time Ehat she saw a four individuals together. She
remembers seeing the "shadowy guy"| |"at the
most three times" during June and July 2001.
Interviewing Agents displayed a photo identification line up[:::::::::] This line up contained a photograph of Hani Hanjour.
Hanjour's picture was number 2 in the line up.
[:::::::] when shown the line up containing the photograph of
Hanjour, pointed to photograph number 2 Hani Hanjour! as being
s seenll H
I Ithisperson has the same general characteristics and is very similar
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appearing as the person she saw at Sawyer. She stated that the
"person in photograph number 2 has the same "wiry build", thin
neck, light skin, hair and facial hair that she remembers seeing
on the guy she saw at Sawyer Aviation. However, she could not be
100 % sure. ' '
On October 19, 2001,[:::::::::::::::]provided the following
information: .
I Iwas contacted at her storej A
I Ia photo o rom a p oto spread,
as an individual that came into er s ore months ago, "late
this summer", with another Middle Easterner. She then
tentatively identified a photo of Hani Hanjour I'm pretty sure
it was him! from a photo spread, as the man that came into the
storeE::::::::::::] She advised thatE:::::::]got one of her
business cards and said "thank you" when they left the store.
She advised that the man she tentatively identified appeared to
be shy and didn't say anything while they were in the store. She
advised that they ' ' ver seen
either one since. I Ithe FalseStatements case against] Iwho was convicted and deported.!
On November 5, 20011 Iprovided the '
following information:
L_ |Aviation Safety Inspector, Federal
Aviation Administration, Flight Standards Certificate Management
Office, who is also a flight instructor, asserted the AST-300 is
considered a trainin devic that can improve a pilot'sinstrument skills. E?:::::f]further stated in his opinion based
on the information he read or is aware of, the highjackers were
not as skilled as professional airline pilots. Once the
highjackers took over control of the aircraft, the highjackers
may have been skilled enough to alter the aircraft's flight path
through the on-board computers. A more likely scenario, however,
a flight crew member was compelled to initially alter the
aircraft's fli ht ath to its ultimate destination. However, atsome point,[:ji::fE]believes the highjackers would have had to
take control of the aircraft manually as they approached their
t t It that it ld b ve arge s. is[::::::::::gopinion, ' wou e ry
difficult, if not, impossi le, and require a lot of skill and
training to maneuver an aircraft solely through the onboard
computers into such objects as the Twin Towers or the Pentagon.
However, manually, the aircraft can be flown at the control and
direction of the pilot who posses some flying skills.
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Hani Hanjour is believed to have piloted American Airlines
flight #77 into the Pentagon. Hanjour most likely manually
maneuvered the aircraft off of its flight path. Hanjour very
likely used the aircraft's instruments to assist in the
maneuvering of the aircraft into the Pentagon.
[:::::::::::::::]the benefits of Hanjour who has a
commercial pilot's certificate and received training on a Boeing
73720O simulator, training on AST30O the above noted simulator
used at Sawyer!, is that it would provide him confidence and
improve his instrument skills which are to some degree
transferrable to any aircraft to include a Boeing 757. '
On December 1, 2001,I Iprovided the
following information: _
E:::::::::::]did observe[:::::]provide flight instruction
d an airplane on at least one occasion and possibly twice.
did not specifically recall those dates, nor did he
Ispecifically recall I IHani Hanjouron March 8, 1999. was shown the original "Aircraft Usage
Agreement" dated March 8, 1999 for aircraft number N3056P, aPA23-180 model airplane. [:::::]was advised that this was the
only recorded rental of this aircraft for March 8, 1999. [:::::::]
was also shown a photocopy of the aforementioned "Aircraft Usage
Agreement" and he confirmed that it was a photocopy of the
original. The photocop will be placed in a FD34O envelope and
forwarded to the file.I Iwas shown photocopies of Hani
Hanjour'sI Ipilot log book entries for
March 8, 1999. After reviewing these rec rds f r March 8, 1999,Ithe records revealI Iwas on the
aforementioned airplane with] Hanjour. I Iconfirmed that it wasI verifying Hanjour's log
book entries for March 8, 1999. would confirm that the
flight student, in this case Hanjour, was comfortable with an
observer accompanying them on the flight. If the student was not
' h h b ' b comfortable wit t ere eing an o server]
the observer to accompan them. When asked how] Iwoufd havecoordinated accompanying%:::;;;;;:]Hanjour, I[::::::::::Lwould have been a e airfield toaccompany t em. I Ithe mo e as seats
for four people: whereas. the "150" model only has two seats.
I Ilog book entries for March 8,
1999 revealI Icredited himself with 1.7 hours as flight
instructor an pi ot in command. understand whI Ithe '
would have been the observer. may have
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entered the l.7 hours to build[::::::::]flight time. [:;::;::::::]
I IHanjour recorded l 5 hours f ig t time
for March 8, 1999. Federal Aviation Administration FAA!
regulations prohibit logging flight hours which are not logged in
accordance with the applicable regulations. I I
logging hours that are not earned in accordance with the
1' bl l tion ' a fra d I I a ica e regu a s is u .[:?E:::::::]pilot as being a representative of the FAA.
Furthermore, the instructor pilot is responsible for an thinthat happens with the aircraft while they are present. f:;::¬:::]
would not and has not ever switched out with another flig t
instructorhas never Lad a student, including Hanjour, land an aircraft inlorderI Ito exit the aircraft so that another flight | '
[:::::]did not actively socialize withI ;HJbecause he is married and would spend his personal time with is
family. Hani Hanjour was not outgoing, Hanjour was very quietand did not talk muchI Iendeavored to limit
his contactI ecause he tef Iwas annoying.[:::::]vms not aware of any relationship with
Hanjour until their associa ion was reported in the news media
following the terrorist attack on September ll, 2001.
'The investigationI Ialso revealed that while
attendin round sc rces Aviation,[:;:;::;:i;freportedI Ito have asked fellows u en s if a plane were to fly into something, would it be the
pilot or aircraft that did it." Additionally, in January 2001,during his second conversation I a co-
workerI made statements Ehat, in part,
America and the United Kingdom were rich and that his country was
poor. [::::::]sounded angry and bitter. I I
America s time is coming" or " ' "
urported best friend I
vocal in his opposi ion wiEh Ehe U.S. policies towards
Arab Nations. I Iopenly criticized the U.S. policy towards
Israel, and often became angry about things that were happeninto the Palestinians and the subsequent U.S. response. [:::::;:%:;]
roommateI Iwas very voca an
loud at times, and often made bofd and negative statementthe U.S. Whenl Ithe politics of the U.S,,E:f%fEf::]
had anger in his speech at times. I angry that the U.S.supported Israel. I sfaction with the
U.S. Policy towards the Muslim world. boldly spoke of his
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support for the "homeland" and wanted the U.S. and their allies
out of the "homeland." he was a powerfulindividual and made thog;:b;;d:;;;;;%;;%s as if he had power and Tcontrol. [::::::]was vocal in his o osition to U.S. troops beingin Saudi Arabia. Accordingly,[:::f%¬]could have known that some
sort of violent act was planned against the United StatesFurthermore,[::::::::]attitude toward the U.S. could serve as his
motive for providing material support to Hani Hanjour.!
I was positioned to[:::::::::]
| Ito Hanjour. pi ot log book; however, had a
page removed and was there ore missing entries covering the
period of March 2000 throu h June 26, 2001. Sawyer recordsrevealed| Zthe AST300 simulator on 06/23-25/2001. Previous use or he simulator was entered in[:::::::]pilot log book. It is theorized that[::::::;]when confronted of
the ros ect of law enforcement authorities iscovering entriesin[:¬:::?:%]pilot log book documenting the trainin of Hanjour,,
tore out t e associated log book page. a pilot who
was introduced to Hanjour] and had[provided fliqht instruction] J |stated that,.,|lwere struggling with instrumentation; -
wou d have been the most qualified to provide
Hanjour training. It is-also theorized that Hanjour only took
the flying lessons because he was directed to, not because it was
his ambition to become a pilot. Hanjour had tremendous
difficulties progressing in his training and had started over on
at least one occasion. Therefore, he needed the additional
simulator training to develop the skills to perform his mission
that i fl's, ying the plane into the Pentagon. > See[::::::::::::::]
comments above.!
To add, lcould have| |to Hanjour. And, when con ronted of the
ros ect of law enforcement authorities discovering entries in
ilots log book documenting the training of Hanjour,
the associated log book pages.
[:::::::::::::::]indicted in Phoenix, Arizona for false
statements, conspiracy, false oath in asylum application, false
visa a lication and false affidavitE::::;;fi::::]on September 21, 2001 ang incarcerated pending l
extra ition proceedings. Two extradition requests were forwarded
to the British authorities. The first request was based on
[::::::::]October 2001 indictment on two counts of false
statements to the Feder l A ' ' Ad ' ' 'v n ministration FAA!. The
second request included November 2001 indictment on
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conspiracvl to commit immigration related
fraud, I obtain asylum in the U.S. based
on a fictitious asylum appllcation! false affidavit and false
oath in connection with the immigration fraud, visa fraud and
additional false statement charges related to applications to the
FAA.
With respect to the earlv information indicating a
connection between| Ithe following is
_provided= On O7/ll/2002, Legat London set forth results] |
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