The co-pilot suspected of an attempted terrorist attack on a Flydubai flight has been identified as Hamam al-Hammami, a 29-year-old Omani. Several US media are writing this.
CNN reports that 2 posts were published on a LinkedIn profile under that name – later removed – 9 hours after the incident. The first with footage shot from the cockpit of a Boeing 737 Max, with footage of planes from Israeli companies such as El Al, and a photo of Ayman al-Zawahiri, who led al-Qaeda after Osama bin Laden. The second with images of Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem. It is unclear who made the posts or whether they were pre-planned.
Emirates Prosecutor, “Co-pilot of the FlyDubai flight planned a terrorist act”
The investigation conducted in the United Arab Emirates on the FlyDubai Fz1073 flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv last Wednesday revealed that the co-pilot was planning a “terrorist act” and that he used the emergency ax in the cockpit to attack the captain, attempting to “take control of the plane”: this is what was stated by the UAE Attorney General, Hamad Saif Al Shamsi, quoted by the official Wam news agency. The same prosecutor added that the investigations they continue on what happened on board the flight in question.