June Carter Cash
Famous Fiction Authors
Donna Summer
Angelina Jolie
My Ghost Story
I Survived
Babe Ruth
Johnny Cash
Georgia O'Keefe
I Survived
1 photo
Quick Facts
- NAME: Mohamed Atta
- OCCUPATION: Terrorist
- BIRTH DATE: September 01, 1968
- DEATH DATE: September 11, 2001
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Kafr el Sheikh, Egypt
- PLACE OF DEATH: New York, New York
Best Known For
Mohamed Atta is believed to have been the pilot of the first plane that crashed into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
Videos see all videos
Mohamed Atta - The Training of a Terrorist
Mohamed Atta came to the United States and learnt how to fly planes in Florida. While living in America, it is interesting to note how he was not at all seduced by his new home and remained steadfast in his mission.
Quiz
Think you know about Biography?
Answer questions and see how you rank against other players.
Play NowMohamed Atta. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 10:45, May 18, 2013, from http://www.biography.com/people/mohamed-atta-241184.
Mohamed Atta. [Internet]. 2013. The Biography Channel website. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/mohamed-atta-241184 [Accessed 18 May 2013].
"Mohamed Atta." 2013. The Biography Channel website. May 18 2013, 10:45 http://www.biography.com/people/mohamed-atta-241184.
"Mohamed Atta," The Biography Channel website, 2013, http://www.biography.com/people/mohamed-atta-241184 [accessed May 18, 2013].
"Mohamed Atta," The Biography Channel website, http://www.biography.com/people/mohamed-atta-241184 (accessed May 18, 2013).
Mohamed Atta [Internet]. The Biography Channel website; 2013 [cited 2013 May 18] Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/mohamed-atta-241184.
Mohamed Atta, http://www.biography.com/people/mohamed-atta-241184 (last visited May 18, 2013).
Mohamed Atta. The Biography Channel website. 2013. Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/mohamed-atta-241184. Accessed May 18, 2013.
Synopsis
Mohamed Atta was born in Egypt, where he joined a professional association controlled by the Muslim Brotherhood. He studied architecture in Cairo and trained as a flight pilot in Florida. During the 9/11 attacks, he piloted American Airlines Flight 11, which crashed into the World Trade Center.
Profile
Terrorist. Born Muhammad Ata al Sayyid on September 1, 1968 in Kafr el Sheikh, Egypt. Raised in a suburb of Cairo, Atta received a degree in architecture from Cairo University and a degree in urban planning from the Technical University of Hamburg in Germany.
During his time in Germany, fellow students recall Atta??s anti-Semitic and anti-American views. Increasingly religious, he joined al Qaeda and an Islamic prayer group at the university. He also signed a lease on a Hamburg apartment that became an al Qaeda cell, where members would come together to plot terror attacks.
In 1999, Atta traveled to Kandahar, Afghanistan for terrorist training at an al Qaeda camp. He returned to Hamburg under CIA surveillance, but when he entered the United States on June 3, 2000, surveillance was halted. He and other hijackers enrolled in flight school at Huffman Aviation in Venice, Florida, earning their instrument certificates from the FAA in November and their pilot licenses in December.
In July 2001, Atta traveled to Spain for a final meeting with al Qaeda operatives on the Mediterranean coast. The hijackers also took several ??surveillance flights?? to Las Vegas in the days leading up to the attacks. On the morning of September 11, Atta and fellow hijacker Abdulaziz al Omari departed Boston on American Airlines Flight 11 carrying 81 passengers. Atta is believed to have been the pilot of the plane when it crashed into the World Trade Center at 8:46 a.m., killing everyone on board.
© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
profile name: Mohamed Atta profile occupation:
Your Connections
Sign in with Facebook to see how you and your friends are connected to famous icons.
Profile Connections
Included In These Groups
-
Infamous Terrorists
View groupCall them jihadists, radicals, anarchists... Fueled by hate and a twisted sense of purpose, these terrorists have killed innocent people for their own political or religious ends.
Infamous Terrorists 9 people in this group
-
Famous Virgoans
View groupMichael Jackson is one, so is Stephen King and Greta Garbo. Some say typical traits of Virgoans are helpful, critical, shy, and meticulous. Meet some famous people who share the astrological sign Virgo.
Famous Virgoans 561 people in this group
-
Famous People Born in 1968 63 people in this group
