Lawsuit Shows 9/11 Hijacker Was On Boston-bound Flight Before Attacks, Using Jump-Seat Pass Options

[Aldo Marquis CIT]

Lawsuit Shows 9/11 Hijacker Was On Boston-Bound Flight Before Attacks

BOSTON — Documents in a lawsuit against United Airlines, which claim negligence in security leading to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, show that a United flight attendant spotted one of the hijackers on a Boston-bound flight 12 days before the attacks.

Flight attendant Greg McAleer was working United Flight 514 from Chicago to Boston on Aug. 20, 2001. McAleer testified to investigators from the 9/11 Commission that as he was greeting passengers a man in casual clothes displayed a jump-seat pass.

United issued such a pass to pilots from other airlines. It allowed them to ride as passengers in the jump seat in the cockpit. The flight’s pilot would not let the passenger sit in the jump seat because he did not have proper ID, but he was allowed to fly as a passenger.

After Sept. 11, McAleer recognized the man as Fayez Banihammad, one of the 19 hijackers.

Attorneys for the family of Mark Bavis, one of the victims aboard United Flight 175 out of Logan International Airport, are trying to depose federal agents who interviewed the flight attendant, but the Department of Justice is refusing to let the agents testify.

http://www.wbur.org/2011/01/31/sept-11-flight-attendant

This post has been edited by Aldo Marquis CIT: Feb 1 2011, 01:12 AM

[amazed!]

Imagine that! The US Department of Just Us refuses to allow their agents to be deposed. What a surprise!

[IslandPilot]

Flight attendant Greg McAleer was working United Flight 514 from Chicago to Boston on Aug. 20, 2001. McAleer testified to investigators from the 9/11 Commission that as he was greeting passengers a man in casual clothes displayed a jump-seat pass.

United issued such a pass to pilots from other airlines. It allowed them to ride as passengers in the jump seat in the cockpit. The flight’s pilot would not let the passenger sit in the jump seat because he did not have proper ID, but he was allowed to fly as a passenger.
After Sept. 11, McAleer recognized the man as Fayez Banihammad, one of the 19 hijackers.

ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT:
TERRORIST HIJACKERS DIDN'T NEED PLASTIC BOXCUTTERS,
BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAD UAL JUMPSEAT PASSES TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE COCKPIT???

PLEASE SAY IT AIN'T SO!!

A "JUMPSEAT PASS SCENERIO", also tells us why no Terrorist "ARABIC NAMES" appear on passenger lists!

If TERRORISTS GOT COCKPIT ACCESS WITH FREE JUMPSEAT PASSES...
DOESN'T THAT TELL US...
HOW AA77 COULD HAVE BEEN HIJACKED, WITH THE COCKPIT DOOR REMAINING CLOSED FOR THE DURATION OF THE FLIGHT??

BECAUSE THE TERRORISTS WOULD HAVE BEEN OCCUPYING COCKPIT JUMPSEATS BEFORE TAKE OFF; DUH!!!

It was a good thing that pilot didn't let that guy ride with him up front, coulda saved his life...
Does anybody here think these facts REQUIRE FURTHER INVESTIGATION!
I DO! How about the rest of you?

I Say UNITED AIR LINES should PAY Mark Bavis's survivors DOUBLE what they're ASKING!
UAL's GROSS NEGLIGENCE in FAILING TO DO ANYTHING TO PREVENT A SIMILAR FUTURE OCCURRENCE WAS BAD ENOUGH...
YET, LESS THAN ONE MONTH LATER, ON 9/11/2001, THEY ALLOWED THE SAME GUY TO BOARD UAL 175, AND GET INTO IT'S COCKPIT WITH A UAL JUMPSEAT PASS (possibly), SO HE COULD FLY IT INTO A BUILDING!!

PLEASE PLEASE... SAY IT AIN'T SOOO!!!

UAL needs to PAY the BAVIS FAMILY PRONTO; before the WORLD finds out...
THEY MAY HAVE GIVEN ALL THE TERRORISTS ACCESS to 911 AIRPLANE COCKPITS WITH FREE JUMPSEAT PASSES!