He claimed that he didn’t recall much more of the handwritten notes or sketch, which included the plane’s distance from the horizon and its height in miles from Earth.
According to experts, a pilot may use the equation to determine the rate of descent needed to reach a target on the horizon.
“Perhaps this was an equation that we studied before in high school, and I was trying to remember whether I’m going to be able to figure out and solve it or not,” he added, speaking with a translator.
In early 2000, he also met 9/11 hijackers Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar in Los Angeles, but he says it was a fortuitous meeting and that he was
Assisting them in acclimating to life in the United States.Bayoumi moved to Saudi Arabia after the attacks and has never faced criminal charges.
