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Flydubai Co-Pilot Planned Ben Gurion Crash After Incapacitating Captain: Report
Investigators say Hamam al-Hammami attacked the captain with an emergency axe and tried to crash the jet after 16,000 feet of altitude was lost, Reuters reported.
- On Wednesday, September 30, a co-pilot on FlyDubai Flight 1073 allegedly attacked the captain and attempted to crash the airliner into Ben Gurion Airport, forcing an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
- Investigators identified the co-pilot as Hamam al-Hammami, an Omani national who reportedly harbored extreme Islamist views and had been previously flagged by authorities for extremist material.
- Hamam allegedly researched airlines flying to Tel Aviv before joining the Dubai-based carrier, seeking to kill Indian captain Smit Machchhar and crash the aircraft into a building at the airport.
- Captain Machchhar, despite suffering injuries, managed to unlock the cockpit door, allowing passengers to restrain the attacker while two off-duty pilots took command and landed the aircraft safely in Tabuk.
- Israeli authorities are reviewing civil aviation security while investigators continue examining whether the attacker acted alone; officials have found no verified links to Iran or other extremist organizations.
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In an interrogation, the Flydubai co-pilot, who tried to bring an airplane under his control last week, explained what the target of the attack was. In an interrogation, he stated that he wanted to bring the plane to Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv.
·Vienna, Austria
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Israeli media has revealed the confession of the Omani co-pilot who orchestrated the Flydubai flight bombing. He confessed to intentionally eliminating the captain and crashing the plane into Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv.
The suspicion of the attack against the copilot of the Flydubai machine has hardened. The man had planned a "terrorist act", the Attorney General of the United Arab Emirates informed.
·Berlin, Germany
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