Al-Qaida reveals new details about the inspiration for September 11 attacks
al-Qaida claimed that the inspiration for the September 11 attacks was the story of Gamil al-Batouti, the Egyptian co-pilot who crashed EgyptAir flight 990 into the Atlantic Ocean in 1999.
The second tower of the World Trade Center bursts into flames after being hit by a hijacked airplane in New York on September 11, 2001.(photo credit: REUTERS)ByMAAYAN GROISMAN