It has been revealed that there was a plan for an Omani pilot to fly a flydubai plane and blow it up in the Israeli capital.

American and Israeli reports indicate that the co-pilot accused of attempting to hijack a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv had planned to crash the aircraft into Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport or a high-rise building in the Israeli city. The reports also state that the Omani national was an extremist who acted as a "lone wolf."

The incident occurred last Wednesday during Flydubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv. The UAE Attorney General stated that the co-pilot attempted to carry out a "terrorist act." He took an emergency axe from the cockpit, attacked and injured the main pilot, and was subsequently subdued by passengers. Another flight crew member on board was able to safely land the aircraft in Saudi Arabia.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the co-pilot was exposed to "Islamic radical ideology" and that the main pilot, passengers, and the second crew together prevented a "9/11 disaster."

Many more details about the co-pilot, identified as Hamam al-Hammami in various reports, emerged over the weekend. He is currently undergoing continuous interrogation in the UAE, and Israeli representatives are being kept informed.

Citing sources familiar with the investigation, Israeli media reported that the co-pilot told investigators that after attacking Captain Smith Machar, he intended to fly the plane into Israeli airspace as if nothing had happened and obtain permission to land at Ben Gurion Airport.

Subsequently, his plan was to crash the Boeing 737 MAX, carrying over 180 passengers, into the airport or a high-rise building in central Tel Aviv, similar to the attacks carried out by Al-Qaeda in America on September 11, 2001. These sources indicate that he most likely acted alone, not on behalf of any radical organization or foreign government.

It is also reported that the co-pilot told investigators that he had intended to hijack and crash a previous flight to Tel Aviv, but abandoned the idea because someone he knew was on board.

There was no immediate response from UAE or Israeli authorities regarding this matter. However, UAE Attorney General Hamad Al-Shamsi stated on Saturday that his country's investigations would confirm the full background, motives, and any connections related to the incident, and the results would be announced once the investigations are complete.

Meanwhile, questions are also being raised about serious security lapses. Key among these are how the attacker was recruited by Flydubai and how he was allowed to fly a plane full of Israelis to Tel Aviv.

Regional officials say that due to concerns about the co-pilot's extremist views, Oman Air, the national airline of Oman, had banned him from flying and transferred him to an administrative job. He was later recruited by UAE-based Flydubai after standard security checks, but officials say these checks did not delve into his background for signs of radicalization.

Israeli aviation regulations also state that citizen pilots from countries like Oman, which do not have formal diplomatic relations with Israel, are not permitted to operate flights to Israel.

Regional officials told the Associated Press (AP) on Sunday that UAE authorities had shared a manifest of passengers and crew with Israel before flight FZ1073 departed.

Israel's Shin Bet domestic security agency states that the Ministry of Transport is responsible for examining such documents received from foreign airlines. However, Transport Minister Miri Regev's position is completely different. She states that her ministry was not provided with passenger and crew manifests, and that security oversight of flights operated by foreign airlines falls within the responsibilities of Shin Bet and the Mossad foreign intelligence agency.

Prime Minister Netanyahu has instructed the head of the National Security Council to review "all security aspects related to foreign civil aviation arriving in Israel."

Australian authorities have also launched investigations into the co-pilot's connections with Australia. Sources have told Australian media that he studied there from 2015 to 2017.