Flydubai co-pilot IDENTIFIED as radicalized after cockpit attack

Hey Aisha. Well, yeah. According to. people familiar with the matter who have. spoken to Fox News, the suspect in this. case had previously been hired by Oman. Air, but was later grounded by the. airline over suspicion of his. activities. Now, exactly what those. activities were, well, that hasn't been. disclosed yet, but the suspect in this. case eventually was given a ground job. with him on air, but later moved to. Dubai where he eventually became a pilot. for Fly Dubai. Now, the Associated Press. has identified the pilot as Hamam. al-Hami. They're reporting he was born.

in the UAE and that his mother is from. Syria, but he was able to obtain Omani. citizenship through his Omani father. The Amiradis, who are leading the. investigation, now saying the suspect. attacked the captain of the aircraft. using an axe that's normally kept in the. cockpit for emergencies. The UAE's. attorney general saying the suspect then. tried to take control over the plane. attempting to carry out what they're. calling a terrorist attack. They're now. working to determine if he was working. with anyone else or in conjunction with.

some sort of foreign entity. Israel is. also involved in this investigation with. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying. this. >> The attacker underwent Islamist. radicalization. He intended to crash the. plane along with its passengers. We are. investigating now whether he was sent. and whoever sent him will pay a high. price. >> Now that hero captain who was attacked. by his co-pilot, he is still recovering. in the hospital in Abu Dhabi, but many.

calling him a hero for using his last. grasp of strength to open up the cockpit. door to allow those Israelis to come in. and help control the situation. Aisha. >> Okay, Jeff Paul live for us. Jeff, thank. you very much.