- The UAE prosecutor general has stated that a co-pilot intended to carry out a terror attack after attacking the flight captain on board a FlyDubai plane heading to Tel Aviv.
- The suspect, identified as Omani national Hamam al-Hammami, used a crash axe to stab the captain during the in-flight incident.
- Authorities are conducting an investigation into physical and digital evidence to determine the full circumstances, motives, and any external connections.
- Hammami was born in the United Arab Emirates to an Omani father and Syrian mother, and he had lived in the UAE for several years.
- According to Saudi state media reports, the co-pilot had been banned from flying last year over concerns regarding his radical ideological views.
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