Alleged Flydubai hijacker planned ‘suicide attack’ on Tel Aviv’s airport, early investigation finds
The co-pilot confessed to acting alone, while investigators continued to examine possible accomplices and the attack plan’s links to extremist ideology.
- On Friday, the United Arab Emirates Attorney General confirmed that an Omani Flydubai co-pilot planned to crash his aircraft into Ben Gurion Airport, targeting the passenger terminal to cause "the greatest possible number of casualties."
- Hamam al-Hammami drew inspiration from the September 11, 2001, attacks, leading him to pursue an aviation career; investigators found his Islamist radicalization began while studying in Australia in 2017.
- The suspect used two previous flights to familiarize himself with the route before attacking the captain with an axe during his third trip to Israel, according to investigators.
- Captain Smit Machchhar and passengers subdued al-Hammami after he assaulted the captain inside the cockpit, allowing the crew to divert the aircraft and land safely at Tabuk Airport in Saudi Arabia.
- Despite al-Hammami's confession that he acted alone, UAE authorities are continuing to investigate potential accomplices, with the attorney general emphasizing the probe remains active regarding the suspect's broader connections.
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The aircraft had 174 passengers on board.
The Emirati investigators are sure: The copilot of the Flydubai machine planned a suicide attack. He is said to have prepared for this on previous flights.
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The co-pilot of the Flydubai flight that last September 30 made the route between Dubai and Tel Aviv, and that carried an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, planned "a suicide attack against the passenger terminal of the Ben Gurion airport", in the center of Israel, confirmed this Friday the Attorney General's Office of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).Continue reading....
The investigation into the axe attack on a flight from the United Arab Emirates to Israel confirms the terrorist thesis. According to the Prosecutor General Emirati, this Friday, 9 October, the co-pilot of the aircraft...
Alleged Flydubai hijacker planned ‘suicide attack’ on Tel Aviv’s airport, early investigation finds
The alleged Flydubai hijacker had planned to crash the plane into Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv and was inspired by the 9/11 attacks, a preliminary investigation has found.
The United Arab Emirates prosecutor's office believes the pilot was inspired by the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.
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