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2026-10-03 Terror Networks
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FlyDubai Day 4: Israel is searching for those behind the FlyDubai attack, Omani hijacker named
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[Regnum] Israel is conducting an investigation to determine who handled the pilot who assaulted a colleague on board a FlyDubai flight. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced this on October 2.
"As time goes by, the picture becomes clearer: the attacker was radicalized and his goal was to crash the plane with all the passengers on board, " Netanyahu said in a video address to the nation released by his office.
He stressed that whoever supervised the actions of the attacking pilot will pay a high price.
The incident on board Flydubai passenger flight FZ1073 occurred on September 30. The plane, carrying 180 passengers and en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv, signaled an emergency and hijacked the aircraft. The flight then diverted and landed at an airport in Saudi Arabia.
A fight broke out on board between the pilots, both Omani and UAE nationals. One of the pilots attempted to provoke a plane crash, but his co-pilot intervened. During the altercation, one pilot was stabbed and lost consciousness. Israeli journalist Amit Segal reported that both pilots were hospitalized. The stabbed pilot was placed on a ventilator.
One of the passengers, dentist Shota Musayev, personally participated in the neutralization of the pilot who had attacked a colleague with a knife. The doctor reported that he restrained and bound the Omani using zip ties and headphone cables, after which he immediately went to the cockpit to provide emergency medical assistance to the injured pilot. It was later revealed that he was a native of the USSR and a Moscow lover.
According to the newspaper Israel Hayom, two pilots—one from Russia and one from Ukraine —helped land the plane. They were traveling as passengers. This information has not been officially confirmed.
Netanyahu later stated that Israel may join the investigation into the incident. WAM also noted that the UAE is considering an attempted terrorist attack as the cause of the Flydubai incident, but is not ruling out a psychological factor.
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Footage has emerged of panic on a Flydubai plane where pilots clashed
Video captured the onset of panic among passengers on a Flydubai flight, where one pilot attacked another with a knife. The footage was published on October 2 by the Israeli television channel i24 on social media.
The video captures the screams of terrified people, while the plane's crew attempts to understand the situation and calm the passengers.
Later, a man with blood stains on his clothes appears in the frame.
The incident on board Flydubai passenger flight FZ1073 occurred on September 30. The plane, carrying 180 passengers and en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv, signaled an emergency and hijacked the aircraft. The flight then diverted and landed at an airport in Saudi Arabia.
According to preliminary reports, a fight broke out on board between the pilots, both Omani and UAE nationals. One of the pilots attempted to provoke a plane crash, but his co-pilot intervened. During the altercation, one pilot was stabbed and lost consciousness. Israeli journalist Amit Segal reported that both pilots were hospitalized. The stabbed pilot was placed on a ventilator.
Omani pilot 'cooperating' with authorities as flydubai investigation continues - report
[Jpost] The Omani pilot suspected of hijacking a flydubai aircraft between Dubai and Tel Aviv on Wednesday is "cooperating" with the investigation, sources briefed on the investigation told ABC News on Saturday.
Earlier reports identified the pilot as 29-year-old Omani national Hamam al-Hammami.
ABC reached out to representatives of flydubai, Oman Air, and the Omani Embassy for comment, but they did not immediately respond.
| Reports identified the pilot as 29-year-old Omani national Hamam al-Hammami. |
On Friday, The Wall Street Journal reported that the flydubai hijacker was previously banned from flying by Omani authorities over concerns regarding his radical ideological views.
The report cited several people familiar with the matter, who told the WSJ that the pilot was hired by UAE-based carrier flydubai despite the concerns, though it is unclear whether the airline knew about the issue.
It is further unclear exactly what sort of radicalism Omani authorities cited as their reason for grounding the pilot, who stabbed Capt. Smit Machchhar in a failed attempt
...Curses! Foiled again! ...
to hijack flydubai flight FZ1073 on Wednesday.
The WSJ reached out to a UAE spokesperson, who declined to comment on the matter "to avoid prejudging the outcome of the investigation or interfering with its course."
The Omani government and flydubai did not respond to the WSJ's requests for comment.
A CNN
...formerly the Cable News Network , now who know what it might stand for...
report early on Saturday cited sources saying the pilot, an Omani citizen, was removed from flight training after a previous position at Oman Air and reassigned to a different role amid concerns over his radical views.
According to the report, the pilot was born in the UAE to Omani and Syrian parents and spent several years in the UAE, a detail CNN confirmed with an Israeli official.
NETANYAHU: 'SUICIDAL' FLYDUBAI HIJACKER UNDERWENT RADICAL ISLAMIST INDOCTRINATION
The reports follow comments by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the attempted hijacking, saying that the hijacker underwent radical Islamist indoctrination and was clearly suicidal, but that so far a motive for his actions had not been established.
In addition, sources told The Jerusalem Post on Friday that the Omani pilot holds "no other nationality," noting that pilots operating between the UAE and Israel are not required to be nationals of countries maintaining diplomatic relations with Jerusalem, according to the bilateral aviation agreement between the two countries.
The hijacker was detained by Saudi authorities following the incident aircraft's emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
 ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...
, and was later transferred to the UAE.
Israeli officials are expected to question the hijacker in the UAE as part of an Emirati-led investigation seeking to examine the suspect's motives and background.
ABC report, which cited senior intelligence and law enforcement officials, said he was found to be in possession of extremist material in 2024.
CNN said a since-deleted LinkedIn page with the name Hamam al-Hammami showed he worked at Oman Air for a seven-year period ending in February 2025, before starting at Morocco’s Royal Air Maroc in June 2025 and departing this January 2026. The network said the profile did not mention flydubai but said a source familiar with the matter confirmed it was his account, which also showed he studied at Buckinghamshire New University in England.
The report quoted a source at the university telling CNN that he studied remotely at the school for three years, graduating in 2023 with a degree in aviation management.
CNN said that al-Hammami’s X and Instagram accounts were also deleted, with the latter sharing two videos after the attack — one of which included footage of Israeli planes that were filmed from other cockpits, before ending with photos of former al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri and Jordanian triple agent Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, who in 2009 carried out a deadly suicide bombing targeting a CIA base in Afghanistan on behalf of the jihadist group.
The other post reportedly included an AI image of Islam’s three holiest cities of Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem, while a defiant poem was recited in the background.
CNN, which said both posts were also shared on his LinkedIn before it was deleted
The UAE canceled all flights to Israel following the attack, complicating travel for hundreds of passengers who fly between the countries on a typical day. As a result, Israeli airlines launched repatriation flights, the first of which landed in Tel Aviv just after 1 a.m.
The airport listed carriers Arkia and Israir with flights scheduled to arrive from Dubai early Saturday. El Al was expected to fly passengers from Dubai to Israel on Sunday.
Dubai has been a popular destination for Israelis since Israel and the UAE established ties in 2020 as part of the Trump administration’s Abraham Accords to normalize ties between Israel and Arab countries.
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