New details about the Omani terrorist pilot who tried to crash the Flydubai flight

His name is Hammam Alhameami.

He is the son of an Omani father and a Syrian mother.

He was born in the United Arab Emirates.

He served as a pilot in Oman but was grounded due to extremist views.

He was later employed by Flydubai.

He spent a period in Syria, where he is suspected of having absorbed radical Islamic influence.

During his interrogation, he confessed that he intended to crash the plane inside Israeli territory.