'Not afraid of death': Co-pilot's chilling admission after trying to crash flydubai jet

Hamam al-Hammami, the flydubai co-pilot accused of trying to crash a passenger jet bound for Tel Aviv, told investigators after the plane landed in Saudi Arabia that he wanted to deliberately bring it down and was 'not afraid of death', according to a Wall Street Journal report.The 29-year-old Omani national is now under investigation as to how he became radicalised, and how someone whose extremist interests had already drawn the attention of authorities was later allowed back into the cockpit.From a love of flying to radicalisationAccording to the Wall Street Journal, Hammami's first aviation employer, state-owned Oman Air, banned him from flying after authorities discovered that he was visiting extremist websites.People briefed on his background told the newspaper that he was subsequently put through a deradicalisation programme and reassigned to a desk job.After leaving Oman Air, Hammami eventually found work in the UAE, and Flydubai hired him in February 2026.…