A Flydubai pilot was suspected of stabbing another pilot on board an aircraft the previous week. Another report described the incident as an attempted hijacking, while saying that much remains unknown. A single report said the suspect had previously been dismissed by another airline over alleged extremist views and had shared terrorist material on social media. A separate single report identified him as Hamam al-Hammari and said he had allegedly planned to crash flight FZ1073 at Tel Aviv airport, with a US military base in Jordan as an alternative target; it said an Indian pilot and passengers prevented the attack.