The profile belonged to Omani co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami , CNN reported, citing sources.
However, one source confirmed to CNN that the profile belonged to the pilot involved in Wednesday’s incident. The posts featured cockpit footage, references to Israeli airlines and images of figures associated with al Qaeda. The second post, meanwhile, featured an AI-generated image depicting Islam’s three holiest sites. The flight number corresponds to a route that typically operates between Dubai and Muscat, while the date falls within the period when al-Hammami worked for Oman Air. The video also showed more aircraft belonging to El Al, as well as one operated by another Israeli airline, Arkia. Al-Balawi was loyal to al Qaeda, the CNN report added. A poem recited in the background spoke of rejecting humiliation, not fearing death and defending one’s dignity, CNN report added. The page did not mention Flydubai. The same two videos were allegedly posted around the same time on an Instagram account carrying the same name and photographs. That account has since been deleted as well.
The cockpit screen visible in the video displayed flight number OMA624 and the date October 11, 2023. The video however ended with photographs of Ayman al-Zawahiri, who led al Qaeda after the death of Osama Bin Laden, and Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, who was responsible for a 2009 suicide bombing that killed nine people, including seven American CIA officers and contractors. The profile said al-Hammami had worked at Oman Air for seven years before leaving in February 2025. It then listed him as joining Royal Air Maroc in June 2025 and leaving in January 2026.
One of the clips, which the US news outlet said it geolocated to Dubai International Airport, showed the person filming zooming in on an aircraft belonging to Israeli airline El Al.
