Mohand Muhammed Fayiz al-Shehri (Arabic: مهند الشهري, romanized: Muhand ash-Shehrī, or Alshehri; May 7, 1979 – September 11, 2001) was a Saudi terrorist who was a member of al-Qaeda.
After joining al-Qaeda, he was chosen to participate in a series of terrorist attacks against the United States, which involved 19 men hijacking four American commercial flights to crash into various targets.
On September 11, 2001, al-Shehri and a team led by Marwan al-Shehhi took control of Flight 175, scheduled to fly from Boston to Los Angeles, and flew it into the South Tower of the World Trade Center complex.
[citation needed] He was one of nine hijackers to open a SunTrust bank account with a cash deposit around June 2001, and on July 2 gained a Florida State ID Card.
Fayez Banihammad purchased both his and al-Shehri's one-way first class tickets for United Airlines Flight 175 online on August 27 or 29, charging the $4,464.50 to a Visa card from Mustafa al Hawsawi, listing their addresses both as a Mail Boxes Etc.
It is believed that Banihammad and al-Shehri forcibly entered the cockpit and murdered the pilots while the al-Ghamdi brothers forced the remaining crew and passengers towards the rear of the aircraft, allowing al-Shehhi to take control of the plane.