# JUST IN: FlyDubai suspect used cockpit axe during attack

https://mins.news/en/video/84796

- Fox News, 2026-10-03 16:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6PcmDwGYlw

> Fox News foreign correspondent Jeff Paul reports that the suspect in the FlyDubai mid-air attack used a cockpit axe to assault the pilot. The suspect was identified as 29-year-old Hamam al-Hammami.

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