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Telegraph reviews 2,000 posts linked to Flydubai co-pilot
The Indian Express··4 Oct
The Telegraph reviewed more than 2,000 posts from an account linked to Flydubai co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami. The posts ran from November 2021 to August 2022 during study at Buckinghamshire New University. Reporting said they backed violence against women and harsh religious punishments. The Independent said he earned a 2023 aviation management degree there without pilot training.
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What It Means For You
- BNU said it will review his time at the university in light of the material now emerging.
- The Home Office suspended BNU's licence to sponsor international students on the day of the attack.
- Both the Home Office and BNU said that suspension was unrelated to al-Hammami.
What's Happening
- Al-Hammami is in custody in Abu Dhabi after the Dubai to Tel Aviv cockpit attack.
- The UAE prosecutor general has called the incident an attempted terrorist attack.
- The account used the name Pilot Hamam al-Hammami and described an Omani civilian pilot from Muscat.
What the university enrolment covered
- BNU said the aviation management course covered operations topics such as mergers, sustainability and finance.
- A former lecturer said many online students do not attend live sessions because lectures are recorded.
- HESA figures show BNU had 1,530 students from outside the UK in 2024-25.
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