Al-Qaeda plane crashes
Part of Essam al-Ridi buys al-Qaeda a plane to ship Stinger missiles| Event Details | |||
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 | Primary Organization | Al-Qaeda | |
| Location | Khartoum, Sudan | |
| Time | Mid 1994 | |
| Participants | Essam al-Ridi, Ihab Ali, Wadih El Hage | |
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| Reliable | According to al-Ridi, El Hage asked him to train Nawawi -- Ihab Ali -- in flying al-Qaeda's plane, which had been parked at the Khartoum airport since al-Ridi had brought it there more than a year previous. The plane was in terrible shape, so al-Ridi and Ihab Ali, himself a junior pilot, fixed it up and performed some touch-and-gos. However, as they tried to land, the brakes failed and the plane crashed. Al-Ridi became scared for his life and fled Khartoum, returning to Cairo via Addis Ababa. | |
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| 1Essam al-Ridi testimony, United States vs. Osama bin Laden et al, trial transcript, Day 5, Feb. 14, 2001. | |||
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