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Multiple security failures allowed FlyDubai pilot into cockpit

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By Anat Peled, Benoit Faucon Verified, Saleh al-Batati
| Threat Beat
(Alexander Gluschenko / Unsplash) By Summer Said, Anat Peled, Benoit Faucon and Saleh al-Batati • Oct 05, 2026 Before Hamam al-Hammami stood behind his captain on FlyDubai Flight 1073 and raised an emergency ax to begin the assault that nearly brought down the plane, there had been ample opportunity for authorities in three countries to keep him from getting anywhere near that cockpit.
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Multiple Security Failures Allowed FlyDubai Pilot Into Cockpit Original

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By Anat Peled, Benoit Faucon Verified, Saleh al-Batati
| The Wall Street Journal Verified
Emirati authorities are currently investigating FlyDubai staff who were involved in the hiring process, people familiar with the investigation said. FlyDubai said it wouldn’t comment while the investigation was ongoing. The last chance to stop him before the airport came in Israel. It was a low bar—pilots from countries like Oman that don’t have diplomatic relations are barred from flying to the country, so Hammami should have been stopped outright.
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FlyDubai Attacker Had Been Banned From Flying by Oman for Radical Views

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By Milàn Czerny Verified, Saleh al-Batati, Anat Peled, Benoit Faucon Verified
| The Wall Street Journal Verified
The U.A.E. airline later hired pilot Hamam al-Hammami, who allegedly stabbed the captain of Flight 1073 and nearly crashed the plane The FlyDubai co-pilot who stabbed his captain and sent Flight 1073 diving toward the ground had previously been banned from flying by Oman over concerns he had adopted radical ideological views, people familiar with the matter said.
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