Ziad Jarrah Timeline: Official
9/11 Commission Background
Timeline
30th October 1998: Problems with Senguen
- A documentary about Jarrah tells us his girlfriend, Aysel Senguen, is troubled about their relationship:
25th November 1999: Travel to Karachi
18th January 2000: On video in Afghanistan
- Jarrah appears in a video with Mohamed Atta, apparently taken in Afghanistan.
18th January 2000: Return to Hamburg
7th March 2000: New passport
24th March 2000 onwards: Contact report
- Pascal Schreier contact report for Ziad Jarrah. (Source)
26th March 2000: Flight school application
- Jarrah applies to the Florida Flight Training Centre. His name appears on a contract with the same date.
18th April 2000: Contact report
25th May 2000: Obtains US visa
- Jarrah is issued a US visa in Berlin showing him as having Lebanese nationality and a birth date of 11th May 1975, with passport number #1619505. The source document notes "no original visa application available". (Source)
27th June 2000: Arrives in Atlanta
- Jarrah flew from Munich, Germany, to Atlanta, Georgia [possible conflict with the entry below]. (Source)
- Jarrah completes a new pilot checklist at the Florida Flight Training Centre.
1st June 2000 - 1st March 2001: Phone number
28th June 2000 - 27th December 2000: Opens a bank account
- Jarrah opened a bank account at West Coast Guaranty (First National), in Sarasota, Florida, with a $2,000 cash deposit. (Source)
- Jarrah trains at the Florida Flight Training Centre.
4th July 2000: Rental car quote
7th October 2000: Returns to Germany
- Jarrah flew from Atlanta, Georgia, to Frankfurt, Germany, on Delta Airlines Flight 20. Jarrah then traveled to Bochum, Germany. (Source)
14th October 2000: Fly to Paris
- Jarrah and Aysel Senguen flew from Dusseldorf, Germany, to Paris, France on Air France Flight 1607. They returned to Dusseldorf two days later on Air France Flight 1606. The tickets for this trip were purchased on October 12, 2000, from STA Travel in Bochum, Germany. (Source)
29th October 2000: Returns to the US
- Jarrah flew from Dusseldorf to Tampa, through Frankfurt, on Lufthansa Airlines Flight 223 and Condor Airlines Flight 7178. The tickets for the flight back to the United States, and a return trip to Germany that was never used, were purchased on September 25th, 2000, at Alpha Travel Services in Bochum, Germany. (Source)
3rd November 2000: Buys a car
- Jarrah buys a 1990 Mitsubishi Eclipse, FL T92QBT. He sells this on the 6th of September 2001. (Source)
16th November 2000: 1001 Center Rd
- Jarrah's name appears on a lease agreement for Falls of Venice, apt. 106, 1001 Center Rd, Venice, Fl. (Source)
25th November 2000: Rents a plane
15th - 18th December 2000: 727-300 Flight Simulator training
- Jarrah stays at the Holiday Inn Express, Room 316, Florida, while training on flight simulators at Aerospace Aviation Center in Miami, Florida. This training consisted of 8 hours over three sessions on a Boeing 727-300 simulator, then two hours in one session on a Boeing 737-200. He had a further two hours on the Boeing 737-200 simulator a few weeks later (see January 8th) (Source)
26th December 2000: Flying to Munich
27th December 2000: Flying to Beirut
- Jarrah flew from Munich to Beiruit, Lebanon, through Istanbul, Turkey, on Lufthansa Flight 3532 and Turkish Airlines 1228. (Source)
4th January 2001: Flying to Germany
- Jarrah takes Olympic Airlines Flight 314 from Beiruit, Lebanon, to Athens, Greece, then Olympic Airlines Flight 181 from Athens, Greece, to Dusseldorf, Germany. (Source)
5th January 2001: Flying to Tampa
- Jarrah takes Continental Airlines Flight 37 from Dusseldorf to Newark, then Continental Airlines Flight 561 from Newark to Tampa. (Source)
- Aysel Senguen traveled with Jarrah and remained in the US until January 15th 2001. (Source)
8th January 2001: Flight simulator training
- Jarrah trained for two hours on a B-737-200 simulator Aerospace Aviation Center Inc, Miami, Florida. (Source)
16th January 2001: Flying to Newark
- Jarrah takes Continental Airlines Flight 1797 from Tampa to Newark. (Source) The tickets for this flight, and the one on the 22nd, were purchased on January 15, 2001, at Travel A Lot, in Venice, Florida. (Source)
22nd January 2001 - 26th January 2001: Flying to Tampa
26th January 2001: Flying to Dusseldorg
- Jarrah takes Continental Airlines Flight 1782 from Jacksonville to Newark, then Continental Airlines Flight 36 from Newark to Dusseldorf, Germany. (Source)
27th January 2001: Flying to Beirut
- Jarrah flew from Dusseldorf to Beiruit, Lebanon, through London, England, on British Airways flights 937 and 6701. (Source)
18th February 2001: Flying to Dusseldorf
- Jarrah takes British Airways Flight 6702 from Amman, Jordan, to London Heathrow, then British Airways Flight 942 from London to Dusseldorf, Germany. (Source)
25th February 2001 - 4th March 2001: Flying to Newark
- Jarrah takes Continental Airlines Flight 37 from Dusseldorf to Newark, then Continental Airlines Flight 517 from Newark to Jacksonville. (Source)
15th March 2001 - 29th March 2001: Hotel
- Jarrah stays at the Suburban Lodge, rm 219, Decatur, Ga. (Source) The Lodge telephone number was 404-267-3701. Jarrah provided an address of 106 Falls of Venice, Venice, Florida, and a phone number of 941-940-3771. (Source)
30th March 2001: Flies to Amsterdam
- Jarrah takes KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Flight 622 from Atlanta to Amsterdam. (Source) Jarrah purchased the tickets for this trip on March 27, 2001, from McAbee Travel in Atlanta, including a return flight scheduled for April 30, 2001. On April 12, 2001, he changed his return flight to April 13, 2001. (Source)
31st March 2001: Flies to Dusseldorf
13th April 2001: Flies to Atlanta
- Jarrah takes KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Flight 1854 from Dusseldorf to Amsterdam, then KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Flight 621 from Amsterdam to Atlanta. (Source)
19th April 2001 - 27th April 2001: Gym
- Jarrah joins a gym, Twenty Four Fitness, 9800 West Atlantic Blvd, Coral Springs, Fl. Mohamed Atta joins up at the same time, and is a member for a further three weeks. (Source)
23rd April 2001 - 25th June 2001: Bernard Apartments
2nd May 2001: Driver's Licence
- Jarrah obtains a Florida driver's licence, #J600-997-75-171-0. (Source) Mohamed Atta obtains his own driver's licence on the same day, at a different DMV location.
7th May 2001 - 7th September 2001: Gym
- Jarrah joins a gym, US 1 Fitness Center, 714 South Federal Highway, Dania, Florida. (Source) Another document dates this from "late April 2001 to mid-August 2001". (Source)
15th May 2001: Opens a bank account
17th May 2001 - 11th September 2001: Phone number
31st May 2001 - 11th September 2001: Obtains VISA card
- Jarrah's name is associated with a VISA account #4011806070804835. (Source) A further line in the source document talks of printouts showing transactions for this card for July 27th 2001 to 12th September 2001.
2nd June 2001: Flies to Phildelphia
- Jarrah takes AirTran Airways Flight 750 from Ft. Lauderdale to Philadelphia. (Source) He booked a return flight for June 9, 2001, but did not use that ticket. (Source)
- Jarrah rents a Chevrolet Cavalier from Alamo from today until the 7th of June. (Source) He had driven 455 miles. (Source)
3rd June 2001: Hortman Aviation
- Jarrah's name appears on statements for aircraft rental and instruction from Hortman Aviation, Philadelphia. (Source)
- Jarrah paid for 1.4 hours of flight training at Hortman Aviation, Philadelphia. He requested to fly the "Hudson Corridor" but was denied because he was not skilled enough as a pilot. He also was deemed unfit to fly solo and therefore flew with an instructor. (Source)
4th June 2001: Hortman Aviation
- Jarrah's name appears on statements for aircraft rental and instruction from Hortman Aviation, Philadelphia. (Source)
- Jarrah paid for another 1.4 hours of flight training at Hortman Aviation. Jarrah took two "check rides" with a flight instructor to evaluate his competency to fly aircraft and allow unsupervised rentals. Jarrah had trouble with his landings and never rented aircraft from Hortman. (Source)
- Jarrah paid for two sessions of computer use (51 and 48 minutes) at Kinko's, in Philadelphia. (Source)
7th June - 10th June 2001: Flies to Los Angeles/ Las Vegas
- Jarrah takes United Airlines Flight 299 from Baltimore to Los Angeles, then United Airlines Flight 2552 from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. (Source)
- Jarrah's name appears on a Las Vegas Payless Car Rental lease agreement for a Daewoo Nubira, NV 584MFB. (Source) He drove the car for 350 miles. (Source)
9th June 2001: Buys tickets
10th June 2001: Flies back to Florida
- Jarrah takes United Airlines Flight 1236 from Las Vegas to Baltimore, then United Airlines Flight 2998 from Baltimore to Ft Lauderdale. (Source)
17th June - 31st August 2001: 4641 Bougainvilla Drive
- Ahmed al-Haznawi and Ziad Jarrah rented apartment 2 at 4641 Bougainvilla Drive, Lauderdale by the Sea, Florida, telephone 954-771-0620. (Source) (Invoices)
8th July 2001: Airborne Systems Flight School
- Jarrah's name appears on a renter data card and agreement with Airborne Systems Flight School, Ft Lauderdale. (Source)
10th July 2001: Duplicate driver's licence
25th July 2001: Flies to Dusseldorf
- Jarrah takes Continental Airlines Flight 650 from Miami to Newark, then Continental Flight 36 from Newark to Dusseldorf. (Source)
3rd August 2001: Return tickets
- Aysel Senguen purchased a ticket for Jarrah's return to the US on August 5th. (Source)
5th August 2001: Flies to Miami
- Jarrah takes Continental Airlines Flight 37 from Dusseldorf to Newark, then Continental Flight 657 from Newark to Miami. (Source)
- An INS I-94 document shows Jarrah returning to the US on 5th August. (Source)
17th August 2001: Airborne Flight Systems
- A $200 cash withdrawal was made from a Jarrah account using an ATM in Lauderdale by the Sea, Fl. (Source)
- Jarrah's debit card was used at Publix Grocery, Sea Ranch Lake, Fl, for purchases of $21.64. (Source)
- Jarrah received a "check ride" at Airborne Flight Systems. (Source) Another document says this was for 1.3 hours of flight time with an instructor, and that he rented planes with them on 11 occasions between this day and 5th September. (Source)
18th August 2001: Shopping
20th August 2001: ATM cash withdrawal
- A $100 cash withdrawal was made from a Jarrah account using an ATM in Lauderdale by the Sea, Fl. (Source)
21st August 2001: Shopping
22nd August 2001: Buys GPS device
- Jarrah buys a Garmin GPS III Pilot/Americas from Oshkosh Pilot Shop, 5249 NW 36 Street, Miami, Fl. (The balance is paid with a credit card five days later). (Source)
- Jarrah buys a "B757 Colour Poster" from Oshkosh Pilot Shop, 5249 NW 36 Street, Miami, Fl. Apparently this was a "poster set of cockpit control systems for B757 aircraft. (Source)
- Jarrah's debit card was used to spend $18.80 at Shell Gasoline, Miami, Fl; and $8.24 at Publix Grocery, Sea Ranch Lake, Fl. (Source)
23rd August 2001: ATM cash withdrawal
- A $100 cash withdrawal was made from a Jarrah account using an ATM in Lauderdale by the Sea, Fl. (Source)
27th August 2001: Flies to Baltimore
- A $60 cash withdrawal was made from a Jarrah account using an ATM in Lauderdale by the Sea, Fl. (Source)
- Jarrah buys a GPS antenna, and pays the balance of a Garmin GPS III Pilot/Americas from Oshkosh Pilot Shop, 5249 NW 36 Street, Miami, Fl. (Source)
- Jarrah checked in to the Turf Motel, room 13, Laurel, MD. He checked out after Majed Moqed arrived and they were asked to switch rooms. (Source)
- Jarrah checked in to the Pin-Del Motel, room 105, Laurel, MD, and paid for three nights ($132). (Source)
29th August 2001: Driver's Licence
- Jarrah was issued Virginia Drivers Licence #T6619335. (Source) Hani Hanjour signed the residency attestation for Jarrah's application. (Source)
30th August 2001: Makes reservations for United Airlines Flight 93
- Jarrah's email account accessed ua.com and booked a reservation for United Airlines Flight 93 using VISA card #4011806070804835. The ticket cost $1,621.50. (Source)
31st August 2001: Mona Loa apartments
- A $100 cash withdrawal was made from a Jarrah account using an ATM in Lauderdale by the Sea, Fl. (Source)
- Jarrah and Ahmad al-Haznawi moved in to the Mona Loa apartments, through 7th September; they paid $320 cash and did not complete a contract. (Source) Another document provides the address as the Mona Loa Condominiums, 4532 Bougainvilla Drive, Lauderdale by the Sea, Florida. (Source)
2nd September 2001: Gym
- Jarrah visits Gold's Gym, 6222 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, Maryland, with Hani Hanjour and Majed Moqed. (Source)
3rd September 2001: Exxon
5th September 2001: Tickets to Newark
- Jarrah and Ahmad al-Haznawi paid $249.50 in cash at the Freestyle Cruise and Travel Agency for two 1-way tickets on Spirit Flight 500, Ft Lauderdale to Newark, 7th September 2001. (Source)
6th September 2001: Sells car
- Jarrah sold the 1990 Mitsubishi Eclipse he bought on 3rd November 2000 to Smartway Auto Sales, Ft Lauderdale, Florida, for $700 cash. (Source)
- A $180 cash withdrawal was made from a Jarrah account using an ATM in Lauderdale by the Sea, Fl. (Source)
7th September 2001: Hotel
- Jarrah rented a Mitsubishi Galant at 16:27 with Budget, Newark International Airport. He paid cash. (Source)
- At 16:55 Jarrah paid $223.88 to rent rooms 466 and 468 at the Marriott Hotel, Newark International Airport. (Source)
8th September 2001: Hotel
9th September 2001: Speeding ticket
- Jarrah received a speeding ticket in Maryland at 0:05. (Source) He was on "I-95 North, in the Perryville area of Cecil County, Maryland, which is between Baltimore and Wilmington, Delaware." (Source)
- Jarrah checked out of the Marriott Hotel at 14:14. He then checked in to the Days Inn, Newark, NJ, renting rooms 725 and 727, each of which for two people. (Source)
- Ziad Jarrah, Ahmed al-Nami, Ahmed al-Haznawi and Saeed al-Ghamdi checked into the Days Inn, Newark, and stayed in rooms 725 and 727 until the morning on September 11. (Source)
10th September 2001: Sends goodbye letter to Senguen
- Jarrah and another male, probably Ahmed al-Nami, used a computer between 16:04 and 17:06 (which the document erroneously describes as 58 minutes). They paid the $22.15 charge with al-Nami's credit card. (Source)
- Jarrah sent a package from Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Aysel Senguen in Germany. The package contained a goodbye letter, a goodbye postcard, a private pilot licence, and additional flight school records. The package was not addressed properly and was returned to the United States after September 11, 2001, when the FBI seized it. (Source)
11th September 2001: Boarding United Airlines Flight 93
- Ziad Jarrah made a phone call to Marwan al-Shehhi in the morning. (Source)
- Jarrah checked in for United Airlines Flight 93 at 7:39. (Source)
- Jarrah boarded United Airlines Flight 93 at 7:48. The flight left the gate at 8:01, and departed Newark International Airport for San Francisco at 8:42. (Source)