Salem al-Hazmi
He helped subdue the passengers and crew, allowing the team's suicide pilot Hani Hanjour to take control of the plane.[citation needed] On August 27, brothers Nawaf and Salem al-Hazmi purchased flight tickets through Travelocity.com using the former's Visa card.[11][12] Shortly after the attacks, several sources reported that Salem al-Hazmi, 26, was alive and working at a petrochemical plant in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.He claimed that his passport had been stolen by a pickpocket in Cairo three years before, and that the pictures and details such as date of birth released to the public by the FBI were his own.[13] On September 19, Al-Sharq Al-Awsat published his photograph alongside Badr Al-Hazmi's, who they claimed was the actual hijacker who had stolen his identity.