'Woman must wear niqab, stop working': flydubai co-pilot's radical views under scanner
A Flydubai co-pilot, Hamam al-Hammami, is under investigation following an in-flight altercation with another pilot. Reports indicate that his deleted social media history reveals extremist and misogynistic views regarding women and workplace gender dynamics.
Why it matters
The incident highlights the intersection of aviation safety, radicalization, and the role of digital footprints in vetting personnel in high-stakes industries.
Deleted social media posts by Hamam al-Hammami, the Omani co-pilot accused of attacking Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar aboard a Flydubai flight, have offered a glimpse into his views on women, religion and mixed-gender workplaces.CNN, citing multiple sources familiar with the matter, reported that al-Hammami had described difficulties finding a prospective wife who would agree to wear a niqab and stop working after marriage. In another deleted post, he questioned the impact of mixed-gender workplaces on women, writing that religious women could be “ruined” in such environments.The posts were part of nearly 3,000 deleted tweets from 2021 and 2022 that CNN analysed using an AI-powered semantic search model.
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