Terror
Telegraph: Terrorist Hamam Al-Hammami, Who Tried to Hijack Aircraft Headed to Israel, Trained to Fly in Britain
The Omani pilot who planned to seize a Fly Dubai aircraft en route to Israel and crash it at Ben Gurion Airport studied at the L3 Airline Academy flight school in Britain between 2018 and 2019. New Zealand police confirmed he received a student visa for six months for flight training purposes. In a deleted Twitter account he wrote that his years of study abroad were "golden years of my religious commitment."
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Omani pilot Hamam Al-Hammami, who attempted to hijack and crash a Fly Dubai aircraft that was en route to Israel, underwent professional flight training at L3 Airline Academy flight school in Britain between 2018 and 2019, according to reporting in the British Telegraph.
According to the Telegraph report, Al-Hammami studied at L3 Airline Academy between 2018 and 2019, apparently at one or more of the company's centers in England. The company operated major training centers in Southampton and Bournemouth, as well as a simulator center near Gatwick, and is now part of Acron Aviation.
On Tuesday, New Zealand police confirmed that the terrorist received a student visa for six months for flight training purposes in the country between November 2018 and May 2019, for a Britain-based company. According to the Telegraph, previously he studied engineering at RMIT University in Melbourne between 2015 and 2017, and left without completing his studies.
According to the report, in a deleted Twitter account under the name Hamam Al-Hammami, there were statements regarding women and hardline religious positions. In a 2022 post he wrote that his years of study abroad were "golden years of my religious commitment," and claimed that after returning to Oman he became less devout. In another post he claimed that a woman who wanted to marry him would need to convert to Islam and wear a hijab.
According to previous reporting, Al-Hammami planned to seize the aircraft and crash it at Ben Gurion Airport, as part of a plan inspired by the Sept. 11 attacks.
Source: N12
