Egyptian With Pilot Radio Charged
The Associated Press
Friday, January 11, 2002; 12:44 PM
NEW YORK –– A man staying in a hotel overlooking the World Trade Center on Sept. 11 was charged with perjury Friday after denying he knew anything about a radio in his room that can monitor conversations between pilots.
Abdallah Higazy, who had an Egyptian passport, was charged in a criminal complaint brought in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, where a grand jury has been investigating the terrorist attacks that demolished that two 110-story towers, killing about 2,900 people.
In the complaint, FBI Agent Christopher E. Bruno said Higazy denied any knowledge of the hand-held radio, which was found in Room 5101 at the Millenium Hilton Hotel, across the street from the Trade Center site.
The radio was found inside the room's digital combination-lock safe on top of other items, including the passport and a copy of an Arabic book, according to the complaint.
Bruno said that Higazy denied ever seeing the radio when he was asked about the transceiver, which is marketed for use by pilots, enabling them to communicate air-to-air and air-to-ground with other pilots or to monitor other pilot conversations
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