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Possibly "planned" as the "fifth plane" (->), due to some speculations. On Sept 12th 2001, two Indian men, Mohamed Jaweed Azmath (->) and Syed Gul Mohamed Shah (also known as Ayub Ali Khan) were detained as part of the investigation into the terrorist attacks of Sept 11th. They were in the air on TWA Flight 679. from Newark to San Antonio at the same time as the other attacks were being carried out. Sources: http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/10/25/72623.shtml http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/10/29/inv.terror.nj.investigation. Their flight was forced to land in St. Louis, Missouri, when the Federal Aviation Administration closed the skies after the hijackings. http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/10/29/inv.terror.nj.investigation. They continued their journey on an Amtrak train. They were arrested outside Forth Worth, Texas, during a routine drug inspection of the train. http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/01/16/inv.terror.investigation. A couple of months later it came out, that both "suspects" had nothing to do with the attack.