flydubai co-pilot was barred from flying in Oman over extremist concerns

New Delhi/Washington: The flydubai co-pilot accused of attempting to sabotage a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight and attacking Indian Captain Smit Machchhar had reportedly been barred from flying in Oman over concerns that he had adopted extremist views, according to media reports. The co-pilot has been identified as Hamam Al Hamami, an Omani citizen born in the United Arab Emirates to an Omani father and a Syrian mother. Reports said he spent much of his time outside Oman, particularly in Syria, where he