{
  "id": 11925474,
  "title": "Flydubai: Countries probe co-pilot after attack",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/flydubai-countries-probe-co-pilot-after-attack",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-04T11:52:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Economic Times",
    "slug": "the-economic-times",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/flydubai-incident-multiple-countries-probe-co-pilots-background-after-cockpit-attack-reports/articleshow/134674328.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Omani co-pilot accused of attacking the captain aboard a Flydubai flight is currently under investigation by authorities in Australia, Israel, and the UAE. Australian authorities confirmed that a counterterrorism task force, involving the Australian Federal Police, Victoria Police, and the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, is examining the co-pilot's connections to Australia. The co-pilot, identified as Hamam al-Hammami, had a student visa in Australia from 2015 to 2017, but it was canceled in 2019 for non-enrollment, not for character concerns. In the UAE, authorities stated that al-Hammami attempted to carry out a terrorist act by attacking the captain with a crash axe. He was reportedly banned from flying in Oman due to radical ideological beliefs and removed from flight training in Israel over similar concerns. Al-Hammami had been employed by Flydubai for about eight months before the incident. The attack occurred on Flydubai flight FZ1073, where al-Hammami injured the Indian captain using the crash axe. The plane crashed from a cruising altitude of 34,000 feet, with the injured captain enabling passengers to subdue the attacker before landing safely at Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Airport in Saudi Arabia.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}