The ‘terrorist’ pilot who attempted to hijack a Flydubai passenger plane had ‘dreamed’ of crashing it into Tel Aviv’s main airport and causing mass casualties, sources claim.
Hamam al-Hammami, 29, severely wounded captain Smit Machchhar using the onboard crash axe as he frantically tried to take control of the plane on its way to Israel on Wednesday.
Heroic passengers and crew grappled with al-Hammami to regain control of the aircraft, which plummeted 14,000ft in just 29 seconds during the terrifying incident.
Israeli sources now claim al-Hammami revealed during interrogation that he had plotted the hijack before he was even accepted as a pilot with
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