Australian counter-terrorism authorities launch probe

Moving on, after Indian pilot Smith Mashar helped save lives aboard the FlyDubai flight following an attack by his co-pilot, multiple nations including Australia, Oman and the UAE have launched a probe over the background of the co-pilot who attacked Captain Mashar and allegedly attempted to hijack the flight. Counter-terrorism authorities in Australia are investigating the alleged Australian links of the FlyDubai co-pilot identified as Hammam Al Hammami. The Victorian Joint Counter-Terrorism Team said that it is reviewing the reports allegedly the Omani co-pilot had previously studied at an Australian university. The Australian government reported that the co-pilot was granted an Australian student visa in 2014 and began studying in an Australian university the following year. Al Hammami reportedly left Australia in 2017. Reports alleged that the Omani co-pilot's visa has been cancelled in 2019 after authorities determined he no longer had been enrolled in a university course. US outlets like CNN and ABC America have reported that a LinkedIn profile listing his time at the Australian university had been taken down. A Telegraph report revealed that the co-pilot did a three-year distancing learning course in aviation management at the Buckinghamsham Air University in the UK. Meanwhile, UAE investigators say that the co-pilot of the Dubai-Tel Aviv flight was planning a terrorist act and used the cockpit's Emergency X to attack the captain. However, they did not reveal his motive. Reports also claim that the accused co-pilot was banned from flying in Oman over concerns about his alleged radical ideological views. Despite this, he was hired by FlyDubai and he was allowed to fly on the sensitive route connecting the UAE to Israel.