Flydubai hijacker previously banned from flying in Oman over radicalization concerns - report

The flydubai hijacker was previously banned from flying by Omani authorities over concerns regarding his radical ideological views, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Friday. The report cited several people familiar with the matter, who told the WSJ that the pilot, identified by the sources as Omani national Hamam al-Hammami, was hired by UAE-based carrier flydubai despite the concerns, though it is unclear whether the airline knew about the issue. It is further unclear exactly what sort of radicalism Omani authorities cited as their reason for grounding the pilot, who stabbed Capt. Smit Machchhar in a failed attempt...