UAE had shared FlyDubai flight details with Israel, including info on pilots, officials say
Investigators say the co-pilot planned the attack before joining FlyDubai and chose the airline because it flew to Tel Aviv, raising security questions.
- On Sunday, officials confirmed the United Arab Emirates shared the passenger list for FlyDubai flight FZ1073 with Israel before departure, including crew nationalities as part of standard procedure.
- Hamam al-Hammami, the suspected pilot, had been previously barred from flying by Omani authorities due to radical ideological views, yet the UAE-based carrier FlyDubai hired him despite these concerns.
- During the Wednesday flight with 182 people on board, the co-pilot attacked the captain with a crash ax in what the United Arab Emirates called a "terrorist attack," nearly crashing the aircraft before passengers intervened.
- The Shin Bet and Transportation Ministry traded accusations over vetting responsibilities, while sources told ABC News on Saturday that Hammami is "cooperating" with the investigation following his detention in Saudi Arabia.
- Philip Baum, an aviation security expert at Coventry University, noted that cross-border background checks face significant limitations, leaving questions about how FlyDubai failed to identify the Omani pilot as a security risk.
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Copilot planned attack before joining airline: Israel
The Flydubai copilot who stabbed his captain in a suspected attempt to crash the plane has told United Arab Emirates (UAE) interrogators he planned the attack before he was hired by the Dubai state-owned airline, two Israeli officials with knowledge of the probe said.A third source briefed on the UA
Flydubai's co-pilot who stabbed his captain in an alleged attempt to crash the plane has told interrogators in the United Arab Emirates that he planned the attack before being hired by Dubai's state airline, two Israeli officials have confirmed with knowledge of the investigation. A third source informed about the investigation in the United Arab Emirates has assured that the co-pilot, of Omani nationality, had planned to crash last Wednesday's …
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