UAE interrogators question flydubai co-pilot over alleged plot to crash Tel Aviv flight

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Israeli interrogators have joined UAE questioning of flydubai co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami, who allegedly planned to crash a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight into Ben Gurion Airport as "revenge for Gaza," according to Israeli officials. Al-Hammami told interrogators he conceived the plot before being hired by flydubai and had considered hijacking an earlier Tel Aviv flight this year. He reportedly applied to the airline after searching for carriers operating to Tel Aviv. Passengers and crew subdued al-Hammami after he attacked the Indian captain with an emergency axe over Jordan. Off-duty pilots diverted the plane to Saudi Arabia, where it landed safely with over 170 people aboard.


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