Hamam al-Hammami Age, Biography

Some Lesser Known Facts About Hamam al-Hammami

• Hamam al-Hammami was born in the United Arab Emirates and raised in Oman. He holds Omani Citizenship. His father is an Omani and his mother is a Syrian.

• During his younger age, he spent several years in the UAE and later studied in different countries, including Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

• In 2014, he obtained an Australian syudent Visa and moved to Australia, where he enrolled in an engineering course at RMIT University University in Melbourne Australia; however, he did not complete the course.

• Then he moved back to Oman and in 2018, Hamam al-Hammami began his aviation career with Oman Airline. He spent about seven years with the Oman Airline.

• During his time at Oman Airline, he trained to become a commercial pilot. Later he worked towards becoming a co-pilot.

• In 2023, he completed a three-year distance-learning course in aviation management from Buckinghamshire New University in England.

• In 2024, while Hamam al-Hammami was training as a co-pilot with Oman Air, the airport authorities concerned about material linked to extremist views, Reportedly he was found with extremist and was stopped from flying.

• After being stopped from flying in Oman, he moved to an administrative position at Oman Air rather than continuing as a pilot.

• In 2025, Hamam al-Hammami completed about three months of theoretical training with Royal Air Moroc in Morocco as part of its recruitment process.

• In January 2026, he left Royal Air Maroc and joined Flydubai Airline, where he worked as a first officer/co-pilot

• On 30 September 2026, Hamam al-Hammam was the co-pilot of Flydubai Flight FZ1073, travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv. During the flight, he allegedly attacked Captain Smit Machchhar in the cockpit and attempted to take control of the aircraft.

• During the incident, the aircraft about 17,000 feet of altitude before passengers and crew intervened. Captain Machchar managed to open the cockpit door, allowing passengers and crew members to enter and stop al-Hammami.

• After the passengers restrained him, other pilots who was travelling on the aircraft helped take control of the plane. The aircraft then made an emergency landing at Tabuk in north-western Saudi Arabia.

• After the emergency landing of the flight, Saudi authorities detained Hamam al-Hammami and took Smit and him for medical treatment. They were later transferred to the UAE, where the investigation of the incident started.

• In October 2026, according to some reports Oman had previously stopped him from flying because of concerns about his alleged extremist views. Investigators later looked into how he was able to join Flydubai as a co-pilot.

• According to some reports, investigators were also looking into his Australian connections and his time in the country. Additionally, investigators believed that he may have planned the attack earlier in 2026 and postponed it.

• During the investigations New Zealand police said he also spent time there for flight training from 2018 to 2019.

• As of 6 October 2026, investigators in the UAE, Israel, Australia and other countries are examining his background, possible extremist connections, his previous employment and how he passed the security checks that allowed him to become Flydubai co-pilot.