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UAE officials claim that Hamam al-Hammami, the Omani co-pilot accused of attempting to hijack a Flydubai plane on September 30, began drifting towards extremism while studying in Australia from 2015 to 2017. Al-Hammami is said to have been inspired by extremist literature and online content promoting terrorism during this period. He allegedly attempted to crash the Dubai-Tel Aviv flight into Tel Aviv airport but was thwarted by passengers who overpowered him after he injured the captain with an emergency axe. The plane landed safely in Saudi Arabia, carrying 170 people.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-10,
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 while flying over Jordan and then turned around towards Saudi Arabia. The plane ultimately made an emergency landing in Tabuk, a civilian and military base in northwest Saudi Arabia. Reports suggested the incident was due to a fight between the pilots rather than a hijacking attempt, though Israel scrambled fighter jets as a precautionary measure. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held consultations over the situation, which involved around 150 passengers, most of whom are Israeli citizens. The flight's diversion raised regional security concerns and prompted immediate actions by both Israeli and Saudi authorities to ensure passenger safety.
Written for “Israel Bound Flight Diverted” on 2026-10-10,
grounded in this article and the 346 other(s) covering the same event.
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The Omani co-pilot who allegedly attempted to hijack a Flydubai plane started a "drift towards extremism and terrorism" while studying in Australia, United Arab Emirates officials say.
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officials → publish → Australia
UAE Attorney-General Hamad Saif al-Shamsi also alleged the pilot - widely named as Hamam al-Hammami - was last week trying to crash the plane into Tel Aviv's airport in a "suicide attack".
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pilot → allege → attack
He wounded the captain in the cockpit with the emergency crash axe before being overpowered by passengers.
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He → wound → passengers
Another crew on the Dubai-Tel Aviv flight was able to land the aircraft in Saudi Arabia.
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crew → land → Arabia
Melbourne university RMIT earlier confirmed the pilot had studied there but left before completing his engineering qualification.
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pilot → confirm → qualification
According to Shamsi, interrogations of the 29-year-old pilot revealed he had been inspired by al-Qaeda's 11 September attacks in the US in 2001.
"The findings indicated that signs of his drift towards extremism and terrorism first emerged in 2017, while he was studying in Australia," the attorney-general was quoted as saying by the UAE's state news agency Wam on Friday.
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general → accord → Friday
"During that period, he was influenced by takfiri [radical] ideology through reading extremist literature and following online content glorifying terrorist organisations and suicide attacks.
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he → influence → organisations
The Wam report also said the pilot had told investigators "he had prepared himself both psychologically and physically to carry out the plot by intensifying his exposure to material promoting terrorism and training in boxing under a private coach".
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he → say → coach
"He admitted that he had acted alone, without the involvement of others, although investigations are continuing to verify this claim," Wam said.
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Wam → admit → claim
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has reported the man was issued an Australian student visa in 2014 and studied in the country in 2015-17, before leaving.
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man → report → 2015
This week, the Sydney Morning Herald unearthed tweets from al-Mammami's now-deleted X account in which he referred to his five years spent studying abroad in Australia, Britain, and New Zealand, as "the golden years of my religious commitment".
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he → unearth → commitment
In the days after the incident, Australian authorities confirmed they were looking into the man's links to Australia.
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they → confirm → Australia
The Victorian Joint Counter Terrorism Team - made up of the Australian Federal Police (AFP), Victoria Police and the country's security agency ASIO - said it was "investigating the man's links to Australia".
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it → make → Australia
Indian co-pilot Capt Smit Machchhar has been hailed a hero after managing to unlock the cockpit door while being violently attacked with an axe, allowing passengers to get in and take control of the aircraft.
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 → hail → 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.
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pilot → say → 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.
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that → hire → 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 → state → country
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