Media: Flydubai co-pilot trained at a flight school in Britain

Brief retelling from RIA II

The Flydubai co-pilot suspected of trying to hijack the plane was undergoing professional training in Britain.

Hamam al-Hammami trained at L3 Airline Academy, which later became part of Acron Aviation.

New Zealand police confirmed the suspect had undergone some of his flight training in the country.

MOSCOW, October 7 - RIA Novosti. The Flydubai co-pilot, suspected of trying to seize control of the plane during a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, underwent professional training in Britain, the Telegraph newspaper writes.

“Pilot from Oman Hamam al-Hammami... according to available data, in 2018-2019 he studied at one of the largest flying schools in the UK,” the publication says.

According to the newspaper, he was trained at the L3 Airline Academy, which trains pilots and has training centers in England. Subsequently, L3 Airline Academy became part of Acron Aviation, which also specializes in providing flight training services.

As noted in the material, during the period of al-Hammamy's training, L3 Airline Academy implemented a training program that linked its centers in the UK with a flight school in New Zealand.

New Zealand police confirmed on Tuesday that the suspect in the attempt to hijack a Flydubai plane was undergoing part of his flight training in the country.

A Flydubai plane flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv on September 30 signaled an emergency and a short time later made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. The airline later confirmed that a fight broke out between the pilots during the flight. Later, information appeared in the media that one of the pilots injured the second and wanted to cause a plane crash. This information was confirmed to RIA Novosti by passengers on that flight.