FlyDubai co-pilot had thousands of misogynistic social media posts
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 8 Oct, 17:31 · Archive
The FlyDubai co-pilot accused of attempting to crash a flight to Israel posted roughly 3,000 misogynistic messages on social media.
The FlyDubai co-pilot accused of attempting to crash a flight to Israel on 27 September posted roughly 3,000 misogynistic messages on social media, investigations have found. The Financial Times discovered the posts on an X account that has since been deleted. The messages used derogatory language about women espoused by misogynistic online influencers, including calling women 'rotten meat'.
Multiple sources told CBS News that Hamam al Hamami was the co-pilot who attacked the plane's captain with a cockpit emergency axe as the aircraft approached Israel. Passengers and crew managed to subdue him, and an off-duty flight crew member made a safe emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
An Israeli security official told CBS News that authorities were investigating the possibility the incident could have been an attempted September 11-style terror attack.
How it is being reported
- FlyDubai co-pilot bashed women in thousands of "manosphere" X postsSocial media posts show the FlyDubai co-pilot accused of a hijack attempt spent a year bashing women with "manosphere" rhetoric.CBS News · 8 Oct, 17:14
- The online life of the Flydubai attackerCo-pilot of flight 1073 gravitated towards the ‘manosphere’ and expressed misogynistic viewsFinancial Times · 7 Oct, 19:18
In this story: Hamam al Hamami · FlyDubai · Israel · Saudi Arabia
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