Co-pilot accused of trying to hijack Flydubai plane probably acted alone, Israeli sources say

The co-pilot accused of attacking his colleague on board the Flydubai flight to Israel and trying to seize the controls probably acted alone, Israeli sources told CNN.

International investigators are still working to determine a motive but an Israeli official said information from the inquiry suggested the suspect acted alone.

Another Israeli source said that, at the moment, Israel does not know of any link to a group or government. Both stressed this was their understanding so far.

In the aftermath of the attack, US President Donald Trump said that the suspect could be linked to Iran “based on what I’m hearing.” But he gave no other details.

Flydubai flight FZ1073 narrowly avoided disaster on its journey from Dubai, plummeting thousands of feet and passengers and crew bravely rushing into the cockpit to regain control of the aircraft.

Sources told CNN the suspect, named as Hamam al-Hammami, is an Omani national who had been removed from a previous job at Oman’s national airline last year following concerns about his extremist views. A post on one of his social media accounts included a photo of a photo of Ayman al-Zawahiri, who led al Qaeda after the death of Osama Bin Laden.

以色列消息人士告诉 CNN，被指控在迪拜航空飞往以色列的航班上袭击同事并试图夺取控制权的副驾驶可能是单独行动的。

国际调查人员仍在努力确定作案动机，但一名以色列官员表示，调查信息表明嫌疑人是单独作案。

另一位以色列消息人士称，目前以色列方面尚不清楚此事与任何组织或政府有任何关联。两人均强调，这只是他们目前所了解的情况。

袭击发生后，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普表示，根据他“听到的消息”，嫌疑人可能与伊朗有关。但他没有透露其他细节。

迪拜航空 FZ1073 航班在从迪拜起飞的途中险些遭遇灾难，飞机骤降数千英尺，乘客和机组人员勇敢地冲进驾驶舱，重新控制了飞机。

据CNN报道，消息人士透露，嫌疑人哈马姆·哈马米（Hamam al-Hammami）是阿曼公民，去年曾因其极端主义观点而被阿曼国家航空公司解雇。他的社交媒体账户上发布了一张艾曼·扎瓦希里（Ayman al-Zawahiri）的照片，扎瓦希里在奥萨马·本·拉登死后领导了基地组织。