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Wanted to Crash Plane, Not Afraid to Die: Flydubai Co-Pilot's Chilling Admission

Summary by India Today
The Flydubai co-pilot accused of attacking Captain Smit Machchhar told investigators he wanted to crash the plane. The case has widened into a cross-border probe into vetting failures, radicalisation and possible outside links.

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Dubai: The investigation into Omani co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami, who was accused of deliberately trying to crash a FlyDubai flight to Tel Aviv, has been intensified. The Wall Street Journal reported that Hamammi admitted to investigators that he intentionally wanted to crash the plane and was not afraid of death. The investigation also includes how Hamammi, who was previously suspended from flying after being found to have espoused extremist views…

Omani co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami confessed to planning to crash a FlyDubai flight to Tel Aviv, triggering intensive international investigations.

·Kozhikode, India
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Times of India broke the news in India on Sunday, October 4, 2026.
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