Australia investigates possible radicalization and connections of a Flydubai co-pilot
A flydubai co-pilot stabbed his captain and attempted to hijack a flight to Israel. The man, an Omani national named Hamam Al-Hammami, is accused of attacking the captain with an emergency axe. The incident occurred last week on a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv. Australian authorities are investigating links between the co-pilot and Australia.
- The Australian Federal Police are investigating alleged links to the man.
- The co-pilot is an Omani national named Hamam Al-Hammami.
- The co-pilot of flydubai flight FZ1073 stabbed his captain and attempted to hijack the plane.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the co-pilot underwent radical Islamist indoctrination.
- The co-pilot's visa was cancelled in 2019 and studied at a university in Melbourne, where he was enrolled but did not complete an engineering qualification.
- The pilot studied in Australia between 2015 and 2017.
Outlets: Cyprus Mail, Daily Maverick, Deutsche Welle, El Nuevo Día, Haaretz, NOS Nieuws (Netherlands), RTP Notícias, The Jakarta Post
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