The co-pilot who tried to seize control of a flydubai jet flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv last week had been radicalised while studying in Australia, prosecutors in the United Arab Emirates said on Friday.
A preliminary UAE investigation found that flydubai co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami was inspired by the 9/11 attacks and allegedly planned to crash the aircraft into Ben Gurion Airport’s passenger terminal ....
Hamam al-Hammami allegedly confessed that the ambition to execute a similar aerial assault became firmly established in his mind prior to undergoing commercial pilot training ....
Hamam al-Hammami allegedly planned the attack in advance and intended to use the aircraft in a suicide mission, according to findings shared by UAE....
Officials in the UAE said a man accused of attempting to hijack a plane was trying to carry out a 'suicide attack' and 'drifted towards extremism' while studying in Australia ... .
30 flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv found that the 29-year-old Omani co-pilot had planned the attack in advance, according to the official WAM news agency.