UAE says Flydubai suspect intended to crash plane into Tel Aviv airport

Source: thehill.com · Section: politics · Bias: Right · Published: Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:31:03 GMT

The Flydubai co-pilot who attacked the plane’s captain with an axe last month intended to crash the aircraft into a passenger terminal at an Israeli airport, according to authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The suspect, identified as 29-year-old Omani national Hamam al-Hammami, planned to seize control of the 182-passenger aircraft and crash it...

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