The co-pilot has also been named by sources as Omani national named Hamam al-Hammami.

The UAE said it shared the FlyDubai passenger and crew list with Israel before the Tel Aviv flight where a co-pilot allegedly tried to crash the aircraft. The disclosure has sharpened scrutiny of security failures, conflicting official accounts and missed warning signs.

Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar recalled fighting off an alleged cockpit attack by his co-pilot aboard a flydubai flight to Israel.

UAE shares passenger and crew details with Israel after FlyDubai incident, highlighting security lapses and cross-border vetting challenges.

UAE shares passenger and crew details with Israel after FlyDubai incident, highlighting security lapses and cross-border vetting challenges.

The Flydubai co-pilot accused of attacking Captain Smit Machchhar told investigators he wanted to crash the plane. The case has widened into a cross-border probe into vetting failures, radicalisation and possible outside links.

Regional officials say authorities in the United Arab Emirates shared with Israel a list of passengers and crew ahead of last week's FlyDubai flight on which a pilot attempted to seize control of the Israel-bound aircraft and crash it.

Indian Captain Smit Machcchar has revealed chilling details of what happened inside the cockpit during the attack while speaking to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Machcchar recounted that the Omani co-pilot used prayer as a tactic to attack him from behind with an axe. He also revealed that he opened the cockpit's door twice.

Questions about the motive of the co-pilot who tried to crash a packed flight from Dubai to Israel continue to swirl.

Captain Smit Machchhar recalls how he fought back after his co-pilot attacked him aboard Flydubai FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv.