Hijacker Planned to Crash Plane into Ben Airport

This malicious plan, as reported by Amit Segal on Channel 12, would have made interception impossible. A struggle that broke out on the plane disrupted his original plan, forcing him to attempt a crash landing. The pilot initiated aggressive actions, reportedly in Jordan, to prevent Al-Hamami from having too much time to be neutralized externally. Moriyah Asraf reported on Channel 13 that Al-Hamami chose to work for Flydubai specifically because of its flights to Israel. "I checked which company flies to Tel Aviv. That's why I chose Flydubai. I planned it even before I was hired," he stated. An Israeli investigation team has arrived in the UAE to participate in the interrogation alongside security officials from other nations. Investigators are also examining suspicions that Al-Hamami had previously traveled to Israel, and currently believe he acted alone. The Israeli Ministerial Committee on National Security is scheduled to convene to receive a briefing from Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar regarding the international arena and de-legitimization efforts against Israel, with a focus on the attempted hijacking of the Flydubai flight carrying 174 Israelis. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed the Director of the National Security Council, Shmuel Ben Ezra, to appoint an examiner to conduct a thorough review of all security aspects of foreign civil aviation into Israel. Further details have emerged, including that Al-Hamami was previously suspended from flying by authorities in Oman due to "extremist views." This raises questions about how he was hired by Flydubai and assigned to flights to Israel. A key aspect of the investigation also concerns how Al-Hamami managed to board the plane with a knife, given Dubai's airport security is considered among the strictest globally. The possibility that this was a planned terrorist attack, with the pilot intending to deliberately crash the aircraft, was already being considered in Israel shortly after the incident.