Flydubai co-pilot allegedly planned Israel airport attack after years of radicalisation The co-pilot and alleged hijacker of a flydubai flight and crash it into Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport was inspired by the September 11, 2001, terror attacks in the US, according to preliminary findings released by the United Arab Emirates (UAE).Hamam al-Hammami, 29, who was … Read more
Australian authorities launched a probe into an FlyDubai’s Omani co-pilot time in Australia after he was detained over an alleged attempt to seize an Israel-bound aircraft and crash it. Australia launches probe into FlyDubai co-pilot’s past, and other Mideast news Meanwhile, Pakistan and Turkey agreed to take immediate steps to deploy military forces to Saudi … Read more
Hamam al-Hammami, the accused co-pilot in the flydubai incident (Image source: LinkedIn) New reports suggest that the flydubai co-pilot accused of attacking his captain and attempting to seize control of a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight had planned the attack before he was even hired by the airline. He had also intended to crash the aircraft into … Read more
As per the probe till now, Indian pilot Smit Machchhar was stabbed by Omani co-pilot Hammam al-Hammam with an axe The stabbing on Indian pilot Smit Machchhar by Omani co-pilot Hammam al-Hammami on flydubai flight has now brought six countries officially into the fold. The attack on September 30 was on a flight flying from … Read more
Hamam al-Hammami, the accused co-pilot in the flydubai incident (Image source: LinkedIn) Hamam al-Hammami, the flydubai co-pilot accused of trying to crash a passenger jet bound for Tel Aviv, told investigators after the plane landed in Saudi Arabia that he wanted to deliberately bring it down and was ‘not afraid of death’, according to a … Read more
JERUSALEM — Who are the mystery pilots who stepped in to stabilize the FlyDubai flight as it hurtled toward disaster? Who are the mystery men who stepped in to keep the FlyDubai plane from crashing? As of Saturday, three days after the uniformed crew members rushed to the cockpit to steady the Israel-bound plane carrying … Read more
File photo: Travellers board a FlyDubai aircraft at Ben Gurion International Airport (Picture credit: Reuters) Israeli investigators are expected to question the Omani co-pilot accused of attacking the captain and attempting to crash a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight, as part of a UAE-led investigation into the incident, according to a source briefed on the probe.The co-pilot … Read more
Israeli passenger who controlled the plane in conversation with PM Benjamin Netanyahu An Israeli passenger, who took control of an Israel-bound flydubai passenger jet after its pilot was stabbed and wounded by the co-pilot during an apparent hijacking attempt told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he knew how to control the aircraft because, “I watch … Read more
Inside flydubai flight FZ1073: How Captain Machchhar’s quick thinking helped save 174 lives When Captain Smit Machchhar was stabbed inside the cockpit of a flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv, he was left bleeding on the floor as the plane plunged thousands of feet.But even while seriously injured, the Mumbai-born pilot managed to open the … Read more
Washington, US President Donald Trump hailed the flydubai pilot as a “hero” for fighting off a knife attack from the co-pilot, opening the cockpit door and calling for help to foil a bid to crash the aircraft. flydubai pilot ‘a hero’, plumber steadied plunging aircraft: Trump Interacting with reporters at the Oval Office, Trump said … Read more