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Flydubai pilot identified as Hamam al-Hammami was removed from Oman Air over extremist views
The FlyDubai pilot who attacked another pilot to crash the plane was removed from Oman Air last year due to concerns about his extremist views. He has been identified as an Omani citizen named Hamam al-Hammami. Born in the UAE, he was the son of an Omani father and a Syrian mother. The suspect is now in the UAE facing a terrorism investigation after the plane landed in Saudi Arabia.
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