Axe-Wielding FlyDubai Co-Pilot Had Been Flagged over Extremism Concerns - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports
UAE officials said the co-pilot used a cockpit crash axe and nearly crashed the plane, with 182 people aboard, before passengers subdued him.
- On Wednesday, an Omani co-pilot attacked the captain with a cockpit axe on a FlyDubai flight, nearly crashing the plane with 182 people on board before passengers and crew subdued him.
- Officials identified the co-pilot as Hamam Hammami, an Omani national previously barred from flying for Oman Air due to concerns about extremist views before being hired by FlyDubai.
- After the rudder was torn away during the extreme descent, the plane made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia; the wounded captain unlocked the cockpit door, allowing others to tackle the assailant and stabilize the flight.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alleged Friday the co-pilot had undergone "Islamist radicalization," but provided no evidence; the UAE called it a "terrorist attack."
- Sensitive timing surrounded the incident, occurring one week before the anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023, as security issues remain central to Israel's upcoming elections.
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Axe-Wielding FlyDubai Co-Pilot Had Been Flagged Over Extremism Concerns
CAIRO (AP) — The co-pilot accused of attacking the captain on an Israel-bound flight with an axe and trying to seize the controls was an Omani national who’d been barred from flying on his country’s airline because of concerns about extremist views, officials said Saturday. The co-pilot has been identified as Hamam al-Hammami, according to...
The co-pilot of a Flydubai flight to Tel Aviv attacked the captain with an emergency axe, sending the plane plummeting thousands of feet.
The prosecutor in the United Arab Emirates who is investigating the attack by the pilot on FlyDubai says that he had planned to attack him with an ox and that he intended to promote violence. People screamed in fear around the table, even passengers were sure that the plane would crash. Her flight altitude had dropped by more than one helm when the passengers managed to overrun the pilot. The name of the pilot, who is from Oman, has not been off…
New details have emerged in the investigation into the emergency landing of a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Israel in Saudi Arabia. UAE Attorney General Hamed Seif al-Shamsi announced that the co-pilot attempted to seize control of the aircraft by attacking the captain with an emergency axe.
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