Adnan Bukhari

Infobox Person
name = Adnan Bukhari


image_size = 110 px
caption = Bukhari on Knox News
birth_name = Adnan Zakaria Bukhari
residence = 4036 57th Terrace
nationality = Saudi
ethnicity = Arab
known_for = Wrongly accused of being a 9/11 hijacker
occupation = Flight instructor

A Saudi flight engineer, Adnan Zakaria Bukhari ( _ar. عدنان زكريا بخاري) was initially reported by CNN to be one of the hijackers aboard American Airlines Flight 11 as part of the September 11, 2001 attacks - his name was even said to have been on the flight manifest.

Biography

, mechanic, airframe, powerplant, instrument panel and single-engine landing certificates, as well as a First Class Medical Certificate issued in May 2000.

Arrest

Between 5:00 and 5:30 on the morning of September 12, FBI agents backed by a SWAT team stormed Bukhari's leased house at "4036 57th Terrace" and arrested him - citing that identity cards of him and an Ameer Bukhari (mistakenly thought to be a brother) were found in a rental car the hijackers had left in Portland, Maine; though it later turned out that Ameer had died a year earlier, and had no relation to Adnan.

Agents evacuated nearby houses, citing concerns that Adnan Bukhari's house was rigged with explosives, and took him to Miami for questioning. While searching his house, they announced that they had found a copy of Ameer Bukhari's pilot license, and a "hazardous materials manual" [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A21162-2001Sep12&notFound=true washingtonpost.com] ] . After passing a polygraph, he was released and later cleared of any wrongdoing.

Employee Tribunal

On September 19, an FAA employee named James P. Hopkins was fired for independently going through FAA records and reporting to the FBI that Bukhari had trained at the FAA's academy in Oklahoma City twice, in 1991 and 1998. The Office of Special Counsel reviewed the case and awarded Hopkins his employment back, citing unfair termination. [ [http://www.osc.gov/documents/press/2001/pr01_25.htm osc.gov] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/IMAGES/mbretractionreutmed.asf CNN Video Retraction]
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