- Abdul Rahman al-Omari
Infobox Person
name = Abdul Rahman al-Omari
image_size = 200 px
caption = al-Omari after 9/11
nationality =Saudi
ethnicity =Arab
known_for = Wrongly accused of being a9/11 hijacker
children = 4Abdul Rahman al-Omari ( _ar. عبدالرحمن العمري), a pilotFact|date=June 2008 for
Saudi Arabia n Airlines, was initially named by theFBI Fact|date=June 2008 as the pilot ofAmerican Airlines Flight 11 in theSeptember 11, 2001 attacks .Biography
He had once worked at
JFK Airport . [ [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/09/14/archive/main311329.shtml cbsnews] ]Wrongly Accused
He had moved out of his
Vero Beach, Florida residence with his wife and four children on September 3rd 2001, but it was quickly shown that he was still alive, and the FBI issued an apology.Real Identity of Attackers
It was quickly determined that
Mohamed Atta was the pilot among the hijackers. The FBI then namedAbdulaziz al-Omari as a hijacker.References
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