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Australian counterterrorism authorities are investigating the local connections of the flydubai co-pilot accused of attacking the captain and attempting to seize control of flight FZ1073.
The Victorian Joint Counter Terrorism Team, comprising Australian Federal Police, Victoria Police and intelligence agency ASIO, is examining the man’s links to Australia, an AFP spokesperson said Sunday.
Sources familiar with the investigation said the co-pilot previously studied in Melbourne. RMIT University confirmed he had been enrolled but did not successfully complete an engineering qualification. The university did not identify him or disclose when he attended.
Flight FZ1073 was travelling from Dubai to Israel on Wednesday when the co-pilot attacked the captain with an emergency crash axe, according to the UAE prosecutor general, who described the incident as a terrorist attack.
The aircraft plunged about 16,000 feet in roughly 30 seconds before being stabilised. Passengers and crew subdued the co-pilot, while a reserve flydubai pilot travelling aboard the aircraft took control and safely landed at Tabuk airport in Saudi Arabia.
More than 170 passengers and crew were aboard, with most passengers reportedly Israeli nationals.
Two sources identified the suspect as Omani national Hamam Al-Hammami. Israeli officials have confirmed the co-pilot was from Oman but have not publicly named him. UAE authorities and flydubai have also withheld his identity.
Saudi authorities detained the co-pilot before transferring him to the UAE on Thursday. He remains in UAE custody, although authorities have not announced formal charges.
The Financial Times reported that Al-Hammami allegedly visited radical mosques and extremist websites while living in Australia and that Australian intelligence services had a file on him. Reuters said it could not independently verify those claims.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the co-pilot had undergone radical Islamist indoctrination and instructed Israel’s National Security Council to conduct a comprehensive review of security procedures involving foreign civilian flights.
Israel has no official diplomatic relations with Oman, raising questions about how an Omani pilot was assigned to a Tel Aviv-bound flight.
