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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Chrys Brent Deiparine

Flydubai Suspect Hamam Al-Hammami Was Removed From Oman Air Flight Training Over Radical-View Concerns

A Flydubai aircraft is pictured as questions emerge over pilot screening after a co‑pilot was reportedly removed from Oman Air flight training over concerns about his extremist views (Credit: Konstantin Von Wedelstaedt GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2 , via Wikimedia Commons)

The Omani co-pilot accused of attacking his captain aboard a Tel Aviv-bound Flydubai flight was removed from flight training at Oman Air in 2025 over concerns about his extremist views, according to two sources familiar with the matter who spoke to CNN.

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