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Hamam al-Hammami, the copilot who tried to bring down a flydubai flight to Israel in a terrorist attack. Photo: Deleted LinkedIn profile
October 15, 2026, 10:04 am
‘Terrain, terrain. Pull up.’
The flydubai co-pilot’s account of radicalisation in Melbourne should sound an alarm for Australia.
By Bruce Hill
(Left) Hamam al-Hammami, the copilot who tried to bring down a flydubai flight to Israel, seen in an undated image from his recently deleted LinkedIn profile; (right) al-Hammami seen after he was subdued and bound on the plane. (Channel 12 screenshot via Times of Israel)
October 12, 2026, 5:51 pm
Jewish leaders seek answers on flydubai co-pilot
Jewish leaders want answers after the UAE said the flydubai co-pilot began drifting to extremism in Melbourne
By Bruce Hill
Hamam al-Hammami, who tried to bring down a flydubai flight to Israel. Photo: LinkedIn
October 8, 2026, 11:47 am
Flydubai hijacking suspect’s Melbourne link
Australian investigators probe whether the co-pilot accused of a hijack attempt was radicalised in Melbourne.
By AJN STAFF
Passenger Yaniv Hayun, with blood stains on his shirt, one of the Israelis who helped subdue a flydubai copilot who allegedly sought to hijack and crash a plane full of Israelis, at Ben Gurion Airport, September 30, 2026. Photo: AP Photo/Tomer Appelbaum
October 1, 2026, 11:31 am
Midair ‘miracles’ thwarted alleged hijacking attempt
Indian flydubai pilot saluted for using ‘last moments of his energy’ to click open cockpit door so knife-wielding copilot could be subdued by Israelis.
By TOI STAFF, Emanuel Fabian, SHARON WROBEL  and NAVA FREIBERG
A flydubai Boeing 737 MAX from Dubai to Tel Aviv which landed at Tabuk Airport in Saudi Arabia, September 30, 2026. Photo: TOI
September 30, 2026, 9:35 pm
Passengers foil suspected bid to crash plane
Copilot allegedly stabbed captain mid-flight, all 174 on board home safe
By AJN STAFF
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