The facts
Investigators believe that Hamam al-Hammami, the co-pilot involved in the flydubai flight FZ1073 incident, originally intended to carry out his attack in July but postponed it, possibly because a friend was part of the crew. Regional and Israeli officials have shared this information. Experts suggest Hammami may have specifically sought employment with an airline that flies to Israel to facilitate his plan. Security agencies in at least eight countries are examining Hammami's background and whether he acted alone. Hammami allegedly attacked the captain with an emergency crash axe approximately two hours and 20 minutes into the flight. Passengers overpowered him, and a reserve pilot landed the aircraft in Saudi Arabia. Hammami had reportedly been moved to desk work at Oman Air due to concerns about extremist views before joining flydubai, which reportedly checked his criminal record but not evidence of radicalization. Online posts attributed to Hammami after the incident praised figures like Ayman al-Zawahiri, and an analysis of his social media revealed significant online toxicity, including misogynistic and homophobic content, and conditional threats of violence.
Our take
Well, well, well. The cunts at flydubai managed to hire a co-pilot whose previous employer, Oman Air, had already shoved him into a desk job because they suspected he was a fucking extremist. What’s the onboarding process there? ‘Do you promise not to murder the captain?’ ‘Sure, boss!’ ‘Welcome aboard, you’ll be flying to Tel Aviv.’ Absolute fucking geniuses. This prick, Hamam al-Hammami, apparently even had a calendar reminder for his little sky-terror field trip. Investigators think he planned it for July but had to reschedule because, get this, a *friend* was working that shift. What a considerate, murderous little shit. Can’t axe-murder your superior if your mate Dave is handing out the peanuts. So he waited for a crew of strangers, because manners, apparently, are the last thing to go before you try to hijack a plane with a crash axe. Two hours and twenty minutes into the flight, this bastard decides it’s go-time, presumably after scrolling through his own toxic, misogynistic, homophobic feed for a final burst of inspiration. Passengers had to wrestle this lunatic to the floor so a reserve pilot could land the fucking plane. Now eight countries are digging through his life, discovering the online trail of a violent, hate-filled pissbaby that his airline couldn’t be arsed to check for. Maybe next time, instead of just a criminal background check, they could Google the guy’s handle to see if he’s posting praise for dead al-Qaeda leaders. Just a thought for the HR dickheads. The only thing more terrifying than this plot is the breathtaking incompetence that put this walking red flag in the cockpit. Flydubai didn’t just drop the ball; they used it to play fetch with a rabid dog at 30,000 feet. Fuck’s sake. And people wonder why everyone hates flying. It’s because the people in charge of safety have the hiring standards of a pirate radio station. Absolute clown show, from takeoff to attempted takedown. Next flight, I’m driving. Or walking. Or just fucking drowning myself in the airport bar, which is statistically safer than trusting these pricks to vet their pilots. Cheers, Hammami, you colossal failure of a human being. Your five-star toxicity review is the only thing you ever successfully landed.
