UAE says flydubai co-pilot's 9/11-inspired plot began with extremism in Australia

UAE Attorney General Hamad Saif al Shamsi said Omani co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami, 29, tried to hijack a Sept. 30 flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, intending to crash it into Ben Gurion Airport's terminal to cause "the greatest possible number of human casualties," inspired by the Sept. 11 attacks. The other pilot and passengers thwarted him. Officials said his drift toward extremism began while studying in Australia in 2017. He confessed to acting alone; the investigation into accomplices continues.