As more details emerge regarding the life of the Omani co-pilot who tried to crash the flydubai flight to Tel Aviv, reports have emerged regarding the contents of the accused’s social media profile.
According to a report that appeared in CNN, a now-deleted LinkedIn profile under the name "Humam Al-Hammami" indicated that he had worked for Oman Air for seven years, leaving in February 2025. He went on to join Royal Air Maroc in June 2025 and departed in January 2026. The profile made no mention of employment with flydubai.
The report also quoted two sources, one of whom confirmed that the LinkedIn profile belonged to the Flydubai pilot involved in Wednesday's incident. The second source told CNN that the suspect had been removed from the flight training programme at Oman Air due to concerns about his extremist views and was assigned other duties within the Omani national carrier.
Only two posts appeared on the personal LinkedIn account; they were published in quick succession on Wednesday—approximately nine hours after the incident occurred. It remains unclear who published these posts or whether they had been scheduled in advance.
The first post featured a series of video clips filmed inside the cockpit of a Boeing 737 Max aircraft. Notably, the plane that diverted to Saudi Arabia during Wednesday’s incident was a Flydubai aircraft of the same model (737 Max 8).
In one clip—geolocated by CNN to Dubai International Airport—the person filming zooms in on an aircraft belonging to the Israeli airline El Al. The cockpit display in the video showed flight number OMA624 and the date: October 11, 2023. This flight number corresponds to a route typically operating from Dubai to Muscat, and the date aligns with the period the individual was employed by Oman Air.
Other footage in the video shows additional aircraft belonging to El Al, as well as planes from Arkia—another Israeli airline. The video concludes with an image of Ayman al-Zawahiri—who assumed leadership of Al-Qaeda following the death of Osama bin Laden—and an image of Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi. Al-Balawi, an Al-Qaeda loyalist, killed nine people—including seven CIA officers and contractors—in a 2009 suicide attack in Afghanistan.
The second post features an AI-generated image depicting Islam’s three holiest sites—Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem—connected by a continuous, glowing path. In the background, a defiant poem plays, speaking of a refusal to submit to humiliation, a lack of fear of death, and the defence of dignity.
Al-Hamami’s LinkedIn profile indicates that he studied at Buckinghamshire New University in England. A university source confirmed to CNN that a man by that name completed a three-year distance-learning programme, graduating with a degree in aviation management in 2023. The source added that al-Hammami received no flight training as part of his academic programme.
Meanwhile, Al-Hammami’s stint in Australia is also under investigation. He was granted an Australian student visa in 2014, before arriving in the country to commence a university course the following year, according to The Guardian.
He left Australia in 2017, and his visa was cancelled in 2019 after authorities confirmed he was no longer enrolled in the course, the report said, quoting an unnamed source.
A probe is on regarding his activities there. “The Victorian Joint Counter Terrorism Team (VIC JCTT), comprising the AFP, Victoria Police and ASIO, can confirm it is investigating the man’s links to Australia,” an Australian federal police (AFP) spokesperson said. “An update will be provided at an appropriate time.”
