{
  "id": 12303278,
  "title": "Flydubai co-pilot completed portion of his flight training in New Zealand, police says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/flydubai-co-pilot-completed-portion-of-his-flight-training-in-new",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-06T04:42:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Investing.com",
    "slug": "investing-com",
    "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/world-news/flydubai-copilot-completed-portion-of-his-flight-training-in-new-zealand-police-says-4933352"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "New Zealand police have revealed that the co-pilot of a flydubai flight, who allegedly attempted to crash the aircraft by stabbing the captain, completed a segment of his flight training in New Zealand seven years ago. The man, an Omani national named Hamam al-Hammami, was in New Zealand between November 2018 and May 2019, according to immigration records. Assistant Commissioner Michael Johnson confirmed that the co-pilot was in the country on a six-month student visa to complete his flight training with a UK-based company, which is now defunct. The police are currently reviewing records and investigating the time al-Hammami spent in New Zealand. The incident, which occurred on flydubai flight FZ1073 en route from Dubai to Israel, has been classified as a terrorist attack by the UAE prosecutor general.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami completed flight training in New Zealand.",
    "He was an Omani national, in NZ from November 2018 to May 2019.",
    "Flight training was with a now-defunct UK-based company."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Israel prepared for fighter jets to shoot down FlyDubai flight if necessary, Israeli sources say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/israel-prepared-for-fighter-jets-to-shoot-down-flydubai-flight-if",
        "published": "2026-10-05T23:44:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "Flydubai co-pilot completed portion of his flight training in New Zealand, police says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/flydubai-co-pilot-completed-portion-of-his-flight-training-in-new-12305795",
        "published": "2026-10-06T04:46:29.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Flydubai co-pilot completed portion of his flight training in New Zealand, police say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/flydubai-co-pilot-completed-portion-of-his-flight-training-in-new-12308863",
        "published": "2026-10-06T05:04:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Flydubai co-pilot completed flight training in New Zealand, says police",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/flydubai-co-pilot-completed-flight-training-in-new-zealand-says-police",
        "published": "2026-10-06T05:06:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}