Editing United Airlines Flight 175 (section)

=== Attacks ===
{{main|September 11 attacks}}
The flight was hijacked as part of the September 11 attacks. The team was assembled by al-Qaeda leader [[Osama bin Laden]], who also provided the financial and logistical support, and was led by [[Khalid Sheikh Mohammed]], who devised the plot. Bin Laden and Mohammed, along with the hijackers, were motivated by the US’s support for Israel and their intervention in the Middle East. The attacks were given the go ahead by bin Laden in late 1998 or early 1999. The World Trade Center was chosen as one of the targets due to it being a prominent American symbol that represented economic prowess.{{sfn|Shane|2009}}

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| caption1          = Marwan al-Shehhi (pilot)
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| caption2          = Fayez Banihammad
| image3            = Mohand al-Shehri.jpg
| caption3          = Mohand al-Shehri
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| caption5          = Ahmed al-Ghamdi
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