Flydubai co‑pilot banned in Oman for extremist ideas was on diverted flight
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- The co‑pilot of Flydubai flight FZ1073, identified as H.A.H, had previously been banned from flying in Oman for extremist ideas and was on board when the aircraft was diverted to Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, where the Indian captain was treated for knife wounds and later transferred to Abu Dhabi.
- H.A.H, a former Oman Air employee reassigned to office duties after concerns about radicalisation, had worked for Royal Air Maroc before joining Flydubai eight months earlier, and the incident has raised questions about how a person with such a background obtained credentials for a sensitive route to Tel Aviv; the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority has not released details pending forensic reports, while the UAE Attorney General confirmed a specialised technical team is assessing whether the act was a terrorist conspiracy.
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