The Omani co-pilot accused of attacking the captain aboard a Flydubai flight to Israel on September 30 attempted to carry out a "terrorist" attack, the United Arab Emirates prosecutor general said ​Saturday. The alleged assailant, identified as Omani national Hamam al-Hammami, had been barred »»»

DUBAI: The co-pilot of a flydubai flight to Israel this week attempted to carry out a "terrorist act" and attacked the captain with the cockpit's emergency axe, UAE investigators said, without revealing his motive. The initial findings of the UAE investigation, reported on Saturday by the state new»»»

UAE investigators have said the co-pilot of a flydubai flight to Israel this week was planning a "terrorist act" and used the cockpit's emergency axe to attack the captain, but they did not reveal his motive. Initial findings from the UAE's investigation into the attack also did not confirm his nat»»»