UAE prosecutors say a Flydubai co-pilot tried to seize flight FZ1073 and crash it into Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport, but the captain, crew and passengers intervened and the plane landed safely in Saudi Arabia.
An investigation into last month's flight found that the co-pilot intended to carry out a Sept-11-inspired suicide mission and had developed increasingly extreme Islamist views over several years.
Oct 9 (Reuters) - An Omani flydubai co-pilot had planned to seize a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight and crash it into a terminal at Israel's Ben Gurion airport on September 30 in a suicide attack inspired by the September 11, 2001 attacks before he was thwarted by his fellow pilot, the UAE attorney general sa…
By Eyad Kourdi, Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — The alleged Flydubai hijacker had planned to crash the plane into Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv and was inspired by the 9/11 attacks, a preliminary investigation has found.
By Eyad Kourdi, Hira Humayun, CNN (CNN) — The alleged hijacker of a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Israel planned to crash the plane into Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport with the intention of killing as many people as possible, a preliminary investigation has found.
The co-pilot who attacked the captain of a flydubai jet last month had planned to crash the plane into Tel Aviv's international airport, the United Arab Emirates' top prosecutor said on Friday.
The FlyDubai co-pilot who attacked his colleague in order to hijack the plane during a flight to Tel Aviv last month made that trip two previous times to familiarize himself with the route and the airport, the UAE state-run WAM news agency said.
JERUSALEM (AP) — The axe-wielding co-pilot who attacked the captain of a FlyDubai flight to Tel Aviv last month intended to seize control of the airplane and fly it into the passenger terminal at Israel’s main international airport, authorities in the United Arab Emirates said Friday.
Flydubai co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami reportedly “drew inspiration” from the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and used two previous flights from Dubai to Tel Aviv to “familiarize himself with the flight route and the airport.”
The Omani Flydubai co-pilot who hijacked a passenger plane last week planned to crash the aircraft into Ben Gurion International Airport in central Israel, UAE Attorney General Hamad Saif al Shamsi said on Friday.
The co-pilot, who attacked the captain during the flight, “drew inspiration” from the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, the prosecutor said.
Hammam al-Hammami is believed to have been targeting the passenger terminal at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv The co-pilot who tried to seize control of a passenger jet flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv last week was planning to launch a suicide attack targeting the passenger terminal at Israel’s inte…
Emirati investigators said Friday that the co-pilot who attacked the captain of a FlyDubai flight last week had intended to carry out a 9/11-inspired suicide mission, crashing the airliner into Israel's biggest airport.
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.
Hamam al-Hammami, a 29-year-old Omani national, intended to cause “the greatest possible number of human casualties,” the Emirati attorney general said.
The United Arab Emirates revealed Friday that the co-pilot behind the September 30 attempted hijacking of an Israel-bound passenger jet had spent years preparing to carry out a September 11-inspired suicide attack on Ben Gurion Airport, intending to crash the aircraft into a passenger terminal and k…
