Australia probes flydubai co-pilot’s links to the country

A third source said he studied at RMIT University around a decade ago.

RMIT declined to comment.The co-pilot of the flydubai flight FZ1073, which was bound for Israel from Dubai on Wednesday, attacked the pilot with an emergency crash axe, the United Arab Emirates prosecutor general said on Saturday, calling the incident a "terrorist attack".Flight FZ1073 would have felt like a "vertical roller coaster", when it plunged 16,000 feet in about 30 seconds before being levelled out and landing safely, according to an….

Israeli officials have not ?named the co-pilot but said that he is from Oman.UAE authorities and flydubai have not publicly disclosed the co-pilot's identity.

Reuters could not independently reach Al-Hamami, who is in UAE custody, for comment.

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