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A flydubai co-pilot from Oman allegedly attempted to hijack flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv last Wednesday and crash it into Ben Gurion airport or a building in central Tel Aviv. The attacker, identified as Hamam al-Hammami by Israeli media, wounded the captain with an emergency axe before being overpowered by passengers who helped land the plane safely in Saudi Arabia. Israeli officials suggest he was radicalized but acted alone without direct ties to any organization. UAE authorities are investigating the incident and potential security oversights that allowed the attacker to fly despite previous concerns about his extremist views from Oman Air, his former employer.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-05,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On September 30, 2026, a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv signaled an emergency over Jordanian airspace and diverted to Tabuk Airport in Saudi Arabia after what was initially suspected as unlawful interference. The plane carried around 150 passengers, mostly Israeli citizens, leading Israel to scramble fighter jets out of hijacking fears. However, Israeli officials later clarified that the incident involved a fight between the two pilots rather than a hijacking attempt. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held emergency consultations regarding the flight's diversion and safety measures taken by both Israeli and Saudi authorities ensured no one was harmed during the ordeal.
Written for “Israel Bound Flight Diverted” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 314 other(s) covering the same event.
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The co-pilot accused of trying to hijack a flydubai plane planned to crash the aircraft into Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport or a tower block in the Israeli city, US and Israeli reports suggest.
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reports → publish → city
The Omani national was a "lone wolf" extremist, according to the reports.
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national → accord → reports
The United Arab Emirates' attorney-general has said the co-pilot attempted to carry out a "terrorist act" on flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv last Wednesday.
asserted
pilot → say → Aviv
He attacked and wounded the captain with the emergency crash axe kept in the cockpit before being overpowered by passengers.
asserted
He → attack → passengers
Another crew travelling on the plane was able to land it in Saudi Arabia.
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crew → travel → Arabia
Israel's prime minister has said the co-pilot underwent "Islamist radical indoctrination" and the captain, passengers and a second crew prevented "a 9/11 disaster".
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captain → say → disaster
More details about the co-pilot of the flydubai flight – whom multiple reports have named as Hamam al-Hammami – emerged over the weekend as he continued to be questioned in the UAE, with Israeli representatives being updated.
Israeli media cited sources with knowledge of the probe as saying the co-pilot told investigators that, having attacked Capt Smit Machchhar, he intended to continue flying the plane as normal into Israeli airspace and receive landing clearances from Ben Gurion airport.
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he → name → airport
He then planned to crash the Boeing 737 MAX – with more than 180 passengers on board – into the airport or into a tower block in central Tel Aviv, in the style of al-Qaeda's 11 September 2001 attacks in the US, according to the reports.
uncertain
He → plan → reports
The sources are quoted as saying he was most likely to have acted alone rather than on behalf of a radical organisation or foreign government.
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he → quote → organisation
The co-pilot also reportedly told investigators that he had intended to hijack and crash a previous flight to Tel Aviv but changed his mind because he knew someone on board.
uncertain
he → tell → board
UAE Attorney-General Hamad al-Shamsi said on Saturday that his country's investigations would establish the full circumstances, motives and any links related to the incident, and that the results would be announced upon their conclusion.
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results → say → conclusion
Questions are also being asked about major security lapses, including how the attacker was recruited by flydubai and given clearance to fly a plane filled with Israelis to Tel Aviv.
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attacker → ask → Aviv
Regional officials said the co-pilot was barred from flying by Oman's national carrier, Oman Air, and moved to an administrative job because of concerns about his extremist views.
He was later hired by UAE-based flydubai after undergoing standard security checks that did not examine his background for potential signs of radicalisation, according to the officials.
Israeli aviation regulations also state that pilots who are citizens of countries without formal diplomatic relations with Israel, like Oman, are not permitted to operate flights to the country.
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who → say → country
Regional officials told the Associated Press on Sunday that Emirati authorities had shared with Israel a list of passengers and crew ahead of flight FZ1073's departure.
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authorities → tell → departure
Israel's Shin Bet domestic security agency said the transport ministry was responsible for vetting such lists from foreign airlines.
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ministry → say → airlines
But Transport Minister Miri Regev said her ministry was not given passenger and crew lists, and that security oversight for flights operated by foreign airlines fell under the remit of the Shin Bet and the Mossad foreign intelligence agency.
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oversight → say → Bet
Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has told the head of the National Security Council to review "all security aspects regarding foreign civil aviation to Israel".
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Minister → tell → Israel
Australian authorities are investigating the co-pilot's links to Australia.
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authorities → investigate → Australia
Sources have told local media that he studied there between 2015 and 2017.
asserted
he → tell → 2015
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