Until the prayer request, Flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv was “just a normal flight,” the pilot told Israeli Prime Minister in a phone conversation the Israeli leader’s office released late Saturday, according to EuroNews.

flydubai co-pilot Hamam al-Hammani planned to secretly kill Captain Smit Machchhar, shut down the aircraft’s engines and crash the plane into a building in Tel Aviv or onto a plane at Ben Gurion Airport, investigators said.

Omani co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami had planned to hijack and crash a flydubai flight to Tel Aviv in July but abandoned the plot because he was friends with a crew member. Al-Hammami had joined the Dubai-based airline in February.

The UAE has described the incident as a terrorist attack. Al-Hammami, a 29-year-old Omani national, was detained in Saudi Arabia and later brought back to the UAE for questioning.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a security review of international flights to Israel on Sunday

By Alexander Cornwell and Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM, Oct 5 (Reuters) - The flydubai co-pilot who stabbed his captain in a suspected attempt to crash the plane has told UAE interrogators he planned the

A Wall Street Journal report has uncovered a chain of missed warnings, inadequate vetting and security gaps across Oman, the UAE and Israel that allowed flydubai co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami to remain in the cockpit despite earlier concerns about his radical leanings.

Media reports say pilots from countries hostile to Israel have repeatedly flown into the country in recent years. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Omani co-pilot who axed the captain of a FlyDubai passenger jet reportedly intended to take control of the aircraft and crash it into a building in Tel Aviv.

Co-pilot suspected lone-wolf attack on flydubai flight; reports name Hamam al-Hammami amid ongoing international investigations.

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates shared with Israel a list of passengers and crew ahead of the FlyDubai flight on which a pilot attempted to seize control of the Israel-bound aircraft and crash

The UAE had shared information about the people travelling on the flydubai flight with Israeli authorities before it left Dubai. The information included nationalities.

Machchhar initially believed that a broken component of the aircraft had hit him. He soon realised that he was being deliberately attacked.

He is being investigated after he allegedly attacked Indian pilot Smit Machchhar with a crash axe and tried to take control of the aircraft.

Hamam al-Hammami is in custody in the United Arab Emirates. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Hamam al-Hammami is in custody in the United Arab Emirates. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Investigators have so far established no operational connection between al-Hammami and Al Qaeda or any other terrorist organisation. The UAE has not publicly set out a motive or said whether he acted alone. Authorities are examining his employment history, online activity and contacts.