Flydubai attack investigation widens as alleged hijacker’s training in New Zealand scrutinised
- New Zealand authorities have launched their own investigation into the flydubai co-pilot who allegedly tried to hijack an Israel-bound plane, after police confirmed he underwent flight training there about a year after he abandoned a degree in Australia.
- Disaster was narrowly averted on 30 September when passengers and crew intervened to stop the alleged attempt of the co-pilot, Hamam al-Hammami, 29, to take control of a flight to Tel Aviv with 182 people onboard.
- Hammami, an Omani national, had allegedly used a crash axe in the attempted “terrorist attack”, in which the pilot was stabbed mid-ai
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- New Zealand authorities have launched their own investigation into the flydubai co-pilot who allegedly tried to hijack an Israel-bound plane, after police confirmed he underwent flight training there about a year after he abandoned a degree in Australia.
- Disaster was narrowly averted on 30 September when passengers and crew intervened to stop the alleged attempt of the co-pilot, Hamam al-Hammami, 29, to take control of a flight to Tel Aviv with 182 people onboard.
- Hammami, an Omani national, had allegedly used a crash axe in the attempted “terrorist attack”, in which the pilot was stabbed mid-ai
Sources: Guardian