On the morning of September 11 , 2001 , Jarrah , Saeed al-Ghamdi , Ahmed al-Nami and Ahmed al-Haznawi boarded United Airlines Flight 93 from Newark International Airport at gate A17 without incident , and sat in first-class seats near the cockpit . Before boarding , Ziad Jarrah called his girlfriend , Aysel Sengün , from a public telephone at the airport , repeating the words ' I love you ' over and over . Due to the flight 's delay , the plane took off at 8:41 am , five minutes before American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the World Trade Center . The pilot and crew were notified of the first two hijackings that day , and were told to be on the alert . Within minutes , around 9:28 am , Flight 93 was hijacked as well . The 9/11 Commission stated that Jarrah was the pilot
United Airlines Flight 93
United Airlines Flight 93
Ziad Jarrah