flydubai's Omani Co-Pilot Intended To Crash Plane In Israel: Report | Read
The flydubai co-pilot who attempted to sabotage the Dubai-Tel Aviv flight and attacked Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar was reportedly barred from flying by his native Oman over concerns that he had adopted extremist views.
The co-pilot has been identified as Hamam Alhamami - an Omani citizen born in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to an Omani father and Syrian mother, a report by the Wall Street Journal said.
