UAE says flydubai co-pilot planned to crash plane into Ben Gurion Airport

UAE Attorney General Hamad Saif al Shamsi said Omani co-pilot Hammam al Hammami, 29, planned a 9/11-inspired suicide attack to crash a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv into Ben Gurion International Airport's terminal on Sept. 30. He used two earlier flights to the route to familiarize himself with it, officials said. The other pilot and passengers thwarted the attempt. Al Hammami confessed to acting alone; the UAE is still investigating possible accomplices.