Fayez Banihammad

Fayez Rashid Ahmed Hassan al-Qadi Banihammad (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 (UAE) 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. United Flight 175 was meant to fly from Boston's Logan Airport to Los Angeles. On September 11, 2001, the day of the attacks, he boarded that same flight, and after the plane took off, he assisted in its hijacking, when his group of hijackers forced their way into the cockpit. Hijacker-pilot Marwan al-Shehhi, the only other Emirati involved in the attacks, took control of the plane, and flew it into the World Trade Center's South Tower, killing everyone on board.