Axe-wielding FlyDubai co-pilot had been flagged over extremism concerns, sources say
The co-pilot accused of stabbing the captain on a FlyDubai flight has been identified as Hamam al-Hammami, an Omani national.
The United Arab Emirates says the co-pilot on a FlyDubai flight that nearly crashed with 182 people on board attacked the captain with the cockpit’s crash axe in a “terrorist attack.”
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