Atta had a Koran in his luggage, which he tried to carry on the plane with him in Portland. The airline wouldn’t let him,
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Why not ???
Cuz if carried his luggage with him, he might have done something crazy...
Only one carry-on allowed:
One suitcase had Atta’s earthly belongings, including many things he used or wanted to use in his mass-murdering plot, while the other contained his spiritual requirements to enter paradise.
“It was clear to us he did not want to check those bags,” the American employee said.
Indeed, Atta intended to carry on all three of the bags he initially brought with him to Portland International Jetport in Maine earlier that morning, sources there say.
But Atta was forced to check his two larger bags, described as soft-sided with roller boards, because the 19-seat commuter plane he flew to Boston allows passengers just one carry-on bag each, says a US Airways Express employee who works at the ticket counter where Atta checked in.
The two bags were tagged for final destination to Los Angeles International Airport, which is where Flight 11 had been bound.
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