Questions are being raised online about the official account surrounding the reported Flydubai hijacking incident, with commentators pointing to what they describe as inconsistencies involving the cockpit door, the alleged weapon, the aircraft’s descent and the behaviour of those onboard.
Council Estate News has questioned testimony attributed to the plumber reportedly credited with entering the cockpit, overpowering and restraining an armed hijacker, and subsequently helping control the aircraft.
According to the account, the man said in one interview that the injured pilot was positioned close to the cockpit door, making it difficult to open. In another interview, translated by his daughter, he reportedly said: “I went to the cockpit door, and it was unlocked. A crew member and I pushed the door very hard and managed to get in.”
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Council Estate News argues that these descriptions raise questions about how the cockpit was entered, claiming the relevant Boeing 737 cockpit door opens outward and questioning how the injured pilot could therefore have obstructed it in the manner described.
The account also questions reports concerning pilot Hamaam al-Hamaami, including claims that pro-Palestinian material was discovered among his possessions and that he had previously been prevented from flying in Oman because of alleged extremist views. Israeli aviation regulations ban pilots from countries that have not ‘normalised’ relations with the country. This includes Oman, which does not recognise Israel and has no diplomatic relations with the Jewish state.
Further questions were raised about social-media material reportedly connected to the pilot. Council Estate News claims posts containing extremist-related imagery appeared on LinkedIn and Instagram nine hours after the incident, when the pilot would allegedly have been in detention. According to the post, the social-media accounts have subsequently been deleted.
One of the alleged posts reportedly contained images of former Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri and Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, who carried out a 2009 suicide bombing that killed CIA personnel and others. Another was described as an AI-generated image connecting Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem accompanied by a poem concerning death, dignity and resistance to humiliation.
A second online commentator, posting as The Long Investor, a pilot with 20 years’ experience, raised a separate series of questions about the reported sequence of events.
Among them were questions about the location and actions of cabin crew, why passenger oxygen masks were apparently not visible during what was described as a rapid emergency descent, how the captain managed to open the cockpit door while allegedly being attacked, and how a weapon was even brought aboard the aircraft.
He also questioned reports that passengers were able to move around while the aircraft was supposedly in a steep descent and asked why two people appeared to be recording events rather than assisting.
The commentator questioned why the plumber reportedly took control rather than other pilots said to have been onboard, as well as aspects of his behaviour following the incident.
Both sources suggested that the circumstances warranted greater scrutiny. Council Estate News went further, describing the incident as a “false flag”, while The Long Investor raised the historical use of staged incidents to influence public opinion but stopped short of presenting such an explanation as established fact.
“A full and independent investigation should be carried out here,” The Long Investor wrote, adding that independent journalists should be given access to examine the available evidence.
