Flydubai co-pilot attacked captain with axe, UAE official says

The Flydubai scare has raised several questions for Israel and the civil aviation industry.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday the co-pilot accused of attacking a Flydubai flight carrying mostly Israelis had undergone “Islamist radical indoctrination”, as UAE authorities investigated a possible terror link. The captain and passengers overpowered the suspect before the plane made an emerge...

The Indian pilot who was stabbed by his co-pilot on a Flydubai flight to Israel describes the attack.

The flydubai co-pilot tried to carry out a terrorist attack during a Tel Aviv-bound flight that nearly crashed, the United Arab Emirates has said.

Probe ⁠under way to ​determine 'all the ⁠circumstances', including motive, UAE's prosecutor general says.

The Omani co-pilot accused of attacking the captain aboard a Flydubai flight to Israel on September 30 attempted to carry out a "terrorist" attack, the United Arab Emirates prosecutor general said ​Saturday. The alleged assailant, identified as Omani national Hamam al-Hammami, had been barred from flying in his country...

It's the first time that Emirati authorities have characterised the incident as an attempted "terrorist attack".

The FlyDubai co-pilot who nearly crashed the Tel-Aviv bound flight is an Omani national named Hamam al-Hammami. He was barred from flying by Oman amid concerns he showed signs of extremist views. The incident threw the already hard-hit regional travel industry into crisis.

The man accused of trying to take over the Israel-bound jet is named as Hamam al-Hammami by several media outlets.

Attorney general says ‘terrorist attack’ was attempted by suspect who is said to have been barred from flying by Oman because of extremist views The co-pilot of flydubai flight FZ1073 used an axe to attempt to carry out a “terrorist attack” during the Israel-bound flight, the United ⁠Arab Emirates prosecutor general ha...