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Co-pilot attacks captain on flydubai Flight FZ1073, forcing emergency landing in Saudi Arabia

Titles and summaries are AI-extracted from news reporting; every source is linked below. Event id 0ca2bdc7-c5ef-47ca-98b5-8881af292802.

Where
flydubai Flight FZ1073resolved to facility28.374, 36.625
When
Occurrence date not stated by reportingFirst reported 2026-09-30 · last update 2026-10-06
Sourcing
1048 reports1048 reports across 406 outlets · independence not established
How far this got
pinpointedlocated to facilityOptical coverageSub-metre commercial imagery was recommended; Sentinel-2 is the closest we carry at 10 m, so small objects will not resolve.

Summary

On a flydubai flight from Dubai to Israel, the co-pilot attacked the captain in the cockpit with a weapon, causing the aircraft to descend rapidly. Passengers and crew, including off-duty pilots aboard, intervened and subdued the co-pilot, allowing the captain to regain control. The aircraft made an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. The co-pilot, identified as Hamam al-Hammami, an Omani national, was detained by Saudi authorities and later transferred to the UAE. Reports indicate al-Hammami had been banned from flying by Oman due to radical ideological views and had only been flying for flydubai for about eight months. The aircraft sustained damage to its rudder during the incident, descending over 16,000 feet at extreme speeds and angles. Investigations by the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and other countries are ongoing to determine al-Hammami's motives and whether he had connections to extremist groups, with some reports citing evidence of alleged al-Qaeda ties and propaganda celebrating the attack.

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What remains unresolved

  • located to facility

Timeline

271 recorded change(s). The ledger starts when this event was first folded: the initial observation is not recorded as a change, so an empty timeline means nothing has moved since, not that nothing is known.

  • 2026-10-06member countour measurement1047 → 1048reports joined

83 more change(s) — the values are part of the event detail on paid plans. 16 change(s) before the history shown here.

Sources

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1048 reports in all; the full list with the facts taken from each is part of the event detail on Pro.

Related events

6 related event(s) and 10 place(s) or facilities — the same facility, place, actor or campaign. Part of the event detail on Pro.

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