FlyDubai Pilot Sought Revenge for Gaza, Investigators Reveal
Translated & summarized from Cursorinfo by baba
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- FlyDubai co-pilot sought revenge for Gaza, investigators found.
- The pilot confessed his motive and desire to die as a martyr.
- No accomplices were found among the flight crew.
- The pilot had a backup plan to attack a U.S. base in Jordan.
- Mossad flagged suspicious travel by the pilot prior to the incident.
Emirati investigators have concluded their interrogations of the flight crew for FlyDubai flight FZ1073, ruling out any accomplices among the airline staff. The investigation into the thwarted terror attack has uncovered the co-pilot's motives, identified as revenge for military actions in Gaza. According to Israeli media outlets N12 and Walla, the co-pilot, Hammam al-Hammami, confessed to investigators that he wished to die as a martyr and retaliate for events in Gaza, stating, "I did this in revenge for Gaza, I wanted to die as a martyr." Official Emirati authorities have not yet publicly released this quote.
Simultaneously, investigators questioned the rest of the flight crew, finding no evidence of support or complicity in the planned attack. Israeli investigators received reports from the UAE but did not directly participate in the interrogations.
During a closed meeting of the Israeli political-military cabinet, a Mossad representative informed ministers about suspicious movements by the pilot. Al-Hammami made short trips to several countries hostile to Israel in recent years. Intelligence agencies are currently examining the possibility of his recruitment during one of these trips, though no direct evidence of collaborators or external orchestrators has been found.
Walla also reported that the pilot had a "Plan B." He had intended to divert the aircraft to a U.S. military base in Jordan as a backup terrorist act, though the specifics of this plan remain unclear.
