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Accused flydubai hijacker expected to face death penalty after planning to crash jet into Tel Aviv airport
Chris Bradford
October 5, 2026

The accused flydubai hijacker chillingly told investigators he had a “dream” to crash the Israel-bound plane into Tel Aviv airport — and he is expected to face the death penalty, according to the report.  Omani native Hamam al-Hammami, 29, is said to have researched airlines that flew to Israel and even visited the Jewish State months before Wednesday’s cockpit attack to gather intelligence, the Jerusalem Post reported. “I tried to get hired by all the airlines,” he said. “I checked which ones flew to Tel Aviv. That’s why I chose flydubai. I planned [the operation] even before I was hired.” Al-Hammami, who has only been with flydubai for eight months, was reportedly intent on crashing a plane in July but had a change of heart because he was close to a crew member, the outlet reported. But his obsession to crash a plane on Israeli soil remained. READ MORE

ITS NOON IN ISRAEL Hijacker Plan Revealed: Ben Gurion Airport Under interrogation, Hamam al-Hammami, the Omani co-pilot, confessed that after killing the pilot his plan was to fly a normal landing approach and, in the final seconds, when interception was no longer possible, crash the plane into Ben Gurion Airport. That is why, rather than striking at the outset, he attacked the captain only once the plane was over Jordan. The flight was due to land around 9:30 a.m., at the height of Sukkot, when traffic through the airport peaks. Tens of thousands of travelers would likely have been in the terminal when it arrived, and the death toll could easily have run into the thousands.  between the Emirates and Israel would have frozen.

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