Attorney general says Hamam al-Hammami used two previous flights to Tel Aviv to ‘familiarize himself with route and airport,’ prepared by viewing pro-terror material and taking boxing lessons.
The United Arab Emirates said on Friday that the Omani first officer of flydubai’s Flight 1073 had planned to seize the flight on September 30 and crash it into a terminal at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport, in a suicide attack inspired by the September 11, 2001, attacks on America, before he was thwarted by his fellow pilot and several passengers.
The statement covered by the UAE’s state news agency confirmed multiple reports on the matter from the start of the week.
Attorney General Hamad Saif al-Shamsi’s statement did not appear to implicate flydubai in any wrongdoing, and contained the most detailed account yet from prosecutors about what they believe to have happened. (Read More)
