Alleged flydubai attacker left Australia without finishing engineering course, university says
RMIT confirms co-pilot was a student as Australian authorities examine his time in country between 2015 and 2017 An Australian university has confirmed a flydubai co-pilot who allegedly tried to hijack an Israel-bound flight studied at its Melbourne campus, but left before completing his qualification. Disaster was narrowly averted on 30 September when passengers and crew intervened to stop the…
A former RMIT engineering student is being investigated by Australian authorities after allegedly attempting to hijack a Flydubai flight from Australia to Tel Aviv in September. The university confirmed that the co-pilot, identified as Hammam al-Hammami, studied at their Melbourne campus but left before completing his qualification. The alleged attack involved the use of a crash axe and a stabbing of the pilot mid-air. Multiple countries, including the UAE and Israel, are participating in the investigation.
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