EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A FlyDubai co-pilot who attacked a captain and tried to crash a flight into Israel was previously flagged as an extremist security risk.
Sources identified the suspected attacker as 29-year-old Hamam Al Hammami.
The co-pilot of the FlyDubai plane who allegedly attacked the plane's captain and attempted to crash a flight bound for Israel on Wednesday is an Omani national who was previously suspended from flying by Oman Air after being identified as a security risk, according to senior intelligence and law enforcement officials.