Melbourne man linked to suspected flydubai hijacker condemns 'false accusations'

Flydubai passengers react after realising there is commotion in the cockpit, September 30, 2026 in this screengrab taken from a handout video. The prosecutor said the co-pilot first became radicalised while studying in Australia "through reading extremist literature and following online content glorifying terrorist organisations and suicide attacks". - Handout via Reuters

SYDNEY: A Melbourne man whose Islamic community centre has been linked by prosecutors in the United Arab Emirates to the co-pilot who allegedly attacked the captain of a flydubai jet has hit out at "false accusations".

The Omani co-pilot, now in custody in the UAE, had drawn inspiration from Al-Qaeda's September 11, 2001 suicide attacks, and carried out his attempt "with the aim of causing the greatest possible loss of life", according to the Emirati prosecutor's findings published by state media last week.

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这张截图来自一份公开视频，显示2026年9月30日，迪拜航空的乘客在发现驾驶舱发生骚乱后做出反应。检察官称，副驾驶在澳大利亚留学期间“通过阅读极端主义书籍和浏览美化恐怖组织和自杀式袭击的在线内容”而变得激进。——路透社提供

悉尼：一名墨尔本男子因其伊斯兰社区中心被阿联酋检察官与涉嫌袭击迪拜航空客机机长的副驾驶联系起来而抨击了“虚假指控”。

据阿联酋检察官上周通过国家媒体公布的调查结果显示，这名目前被阿联酋拘留的阿曼籍副驾驶从基地组织 2001 年 9 月 11 日的自杀式袭击中汲取灵感，实施袭击的目的是“造成尽可能多的人员伤亡”。

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