New allegations have surfaced regarding an incident in which an Omani co-pilot allegedly attempted to hijack and crash a flydubai Dubai-Tel Aviv flight. A passenger onboard reportedly claimed he suspected flight attendants of assisting the attacker.
During the alleged incident, Indian Captain Smit Machchhar was injured while foiling the suspected plot. He also claimed that another attendant approached the injured captain with a pill. In the conversation with the media outlet, the passenger reportedly spoke about the crew’s behaviour while the incident occurred. The flight made an emergency landing at Saudi Arabia’s Tabuk airport.
The UAE has described the incident as an attempted terrorist attack and identified the accused co-pilot as 29-year-old Hammam al-Hammami, according to news agency PTI . It was carrying 174 passengers and crew members.
A passenger on the flydubai flight has alleged that a flight attendant tried to loosen the restraints of the co-pilot accused of attacking the captain, even after passengers had overpowered him, according to The Jerusalem Post .
