Jewish leaders seek answers on flydubai co-pilot

The co-pilot accused of trying to crash a flydubai jet into Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport began drifting towards extremism while studying in Melbourne, according to the United Arab Emirates Attorney-General.

His statement names a Broadmeadows Islamic centre.

Attorney-General Hamad Saif Al Shamsi said Omani national Hamam al-Hammami, 29, told investigators he regularly attended a mosque while attending RMIT University, where he became acquainted with people associated with a centre known as “My Centre”.

According to al-Hammami’s account, the centre was managed by a Lebanese man known as “Abu Hamza” and allegedly received support from an association linked to the Muslim Brotherhood. The statement did not name the association.

MyCentre, the Broadmeadows centre, is headed by Sheikh Samir Mohtadi, who is known as Abu Hamza.