Alleged Flydubai hijacker said 9/11 attacks spurred him to become a pilot, early investigation finds
Hamam al-Hammami, the suspect in the hijacking attempt and co-pilot on board last week’s flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, wanted to carry out a similar attack to September 11, 2001, which led him to pursue an aviation career, according to a statement from the United Arab Emirates’ Attorney General Hamad Saif Al Shamsi shared by Emirati state media.
The co-pilot wanted to carry out “a premeditated plot with a terrorist objective, aimed at taking control of the aircraft and using it to carry out a suicide attack targeting the passenger terminal at Ben Gurion Airport,” with the aim of causing “the greatest possible number of casualties,” the statement added.
There were “no indications emerging during those procedures that revealed his extremist inclinations or his intention to carry out a terrorist plot,” Attorney General Al Shamsi said, according to state media.
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