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August 28, 2001: 9/11 Hijacker Atta Buys Flight Ticket Despite Being Wanted by Police

2001-08-28

9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta is able to buy his flight ticket, despite having an arrest warrant for driving without a license and also having violated visa regulations (see April 26, 2001). He should have been wanted for abandoning a stalled aircraft in December 2000 as well (see December 26, 2000). [Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 11/12/2001]