‘Revenge for Gaza’: Flydubai Co-Pilot Wanted to Die Flydubai Co-Pilot wanted to Die
But the investigation of the alleged attack on a co-pilot of the Flydubai flight where an Omani co-pilot died in the alleged attack on a Flydubai flight has moved from one of the local news media,but Hamam al-Hammami told investigators that he said he “wanted to ‘revenge for Gaza’ as he felt ‘revenge for Gaza’ and wanted to ‘die as a martyr’. Hamam al-Hammami, 29, a witness told Israel’s Channel 12, said the comments were made in an interview.
He is accused of trying to crash an Israel-bound Flydubai flight and attacking his Indian co-pilot. Investigators probe possible foreign links. Al-Hammami's international travel history is also under investigation, investigators are looking into, according to Channel 12. A Mossad official said that the Omani co-pilot had visited countries considered hostile to Israel in recent years, a Mossad official said.
The interviews are expected to look for evidence that he was approached, recruited or influenced by an individual or an organisation, Channel 12 reported. Israel's domestic security agency, Shin Bet, is also involved and sent agents to the United Arab Emirates to conduct the investigation.
Al-Hammami was not publicly identified as having been recruited by any group.
The investigation into his motives and possible connections to the bombing is still going on and the investigation into his motives and connections to such a group is ongoing. Australian University History Under Investigation. New evidence for and against al-Hammami’s time in Australia has also been revealed. Al-Hammami was also in Australia and went to RMIT University in Melbourne for engineering, but the university has said he did not complete his qualification to be an engineer, as of today. RMIT said it was aware of media reports about a former student allegedly linked to the Flydubai incident but could not comment because investigations were ongoing.
His time in Australia is now being investigated by investigators to make sure he knows his background and whether anything during his stay can be relevant to the current investigation. He has also been visited by mosques and websites law enforcement believes are extremist during his time in Australia, as well as terrorism suspects. These claims are being investigated as part of the larger investigation. Six months of flight training in New Zealand.
Al-Hammami spent several months in New Zealand for flight training during the course of his training. New Zealand police say he was in the country from November 2018 to May 2019 on a six-month student visa. Immigration records show he arrived in New Zealand on November 30, 2018 and left on May 23, 2019. New Zealand Assistant Commissioner Michael Johnson said police had established that al-Hammami was in New Zealand to complete part of his flight training for a UK-based company that is no longer operating in New Zealand.
Police are now reviewing records and investigating further on his time in the country. Investigation Continues. The comments on Gaza and martyrdom as well as his travels and education history have all been investigated and the true cause of that incident is being investigated.
It is also being questioned if al-Hammami was acting alone and had contact with other people or organisations. At this stage, many details still remain under investigation, so any speculation on what he might have been motivated by and what he could have been doing overseas are likely to be made based on speculation from media and the investigators and not on real facts at this stage.
The investigation is ongoing in multiple countries: in the United Arab Emirates, in Israel, in Oman and in Australia and in New Zealand and authorities are trying to piece together the co-pilot’s itinerary, background and motives.