Thu, Apr 21, 2005
Zayead Christopher Hajaig Now Considered A Fugitive
A 35-year old flight school student
who sparked an international terror alert while attending a Georgia
flight school was indicted by an Atlanta federal grand jury
Wednesday. Zayead Christopher Hajaig, also known as Barry John
Felton, is charged with being an illegal alien in possession of a
firearm.
The only problem now is, no one seems to know where to find
him.
Hajaig, a citizen of the UK, tried to take up flying at Briscoe
Field in Georgia's Gwinnett County. Earlier this month, authorities
issued a "special alert bulletin," warning the aviation industry
about him. The reason: Hajaig, who was born in Nigeria, was in the
US illegally, had no visible means of financial support and was
making a lot of calls overseas and charging them to phone cards.
Prosecutors said Hajaig had at least three rifles at one point.
"U.S. citizens alerted Hajaig to the fact that agents had been
inquiring of his whereabouts," said US Attorney David Nahmias in an
interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Hajaig
"immediately fled the country and is currently a fugitive," he
said.
The FBI Wednesday told the paper that terror alert, "was issued
due to concerns over Hajaig's immigration status and activities
involving flying lessons" at Briscoe Field.
It was a case of deja-vu all over
again at Briscoe, where 9/11 hijackers Mohammad Atta and Marwan
al-Shehhi both learned to fly. They were students at Advanced
Aviation.
Hajaig reportedly paid for flight lessons at Astron Enterprises
in Lawrenceville, GA, last year. In a case eerily reminiscent of
accused 9/11 conspirator Zacarious Moussaoui, Hajaig wanted to take
advanced flight lessons for which instructors say he was clearly
unqualified. The son of the school's owner said Hajaig became
aggressive when he was told he didn't have enough experience to
take lessons at that level.
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