Plane Hijacking

ITV1 reported additional details about an alleged attempted hijack of a Flydubai plane travelling between Dubai and Tel Aviv on Wednesday. It said Emirati authorities described the incident as an attempted terror attack and said the 29-year-old co-pilot attacked the pilot with an axe kept in the cockpit for emergencies. ITV1 also reported that officials said the man had been removed from flight training at another airline because of concerns he had adopted extremist views. It said anonymous officials named the man as Hamam al-Hamami and said he had been banned from flying on Oman's national airline over extremism concerns. ITV1 said passengers intervened, the plane plummeted 17,000 feet over Saudi Arabia, and the aircraft landed safely. It further reported that Indian pilot Sumit Machar opened the cockpit door, allowing people on board to rush in, and that President Trump praised an Israeli passenger who tackled the man after learning he was a fan. ITV1 also noted that the UAE is one of only Arab countries with full diplomatic relations with Israel, described the route as sensitive, and raised the question of how someone banned from flying elsewhere passed the vetting process. 5 reported that a co-pilot accused of trying to hijack a Dubai to Tel Aviv flight had reportedly been named as Omani national Hamam Al Hamami. It said the 29-year-old was accused of attacking the pilot with an axe, that the plane descended rapidly before passengers and crew restrained him and regained control, and that the captain was seriously injured but was recovering in hospital. Both channels reported that the accused was an Omani national co-pilot, that he was accused of attacking the pilot with an axe, and that the plane descended rapidly before those on board helped stop him. ITV1 included the UAE authorities' description of the incident as an attempted terror attack and claims about the man's earlier flight training and airline ban, the pilot's identity, the plane's safe landing, and political reactions; 5 focused on the naming, the axe attack, the rapid descent, and the captain's recovery.

Key Claims by Channel

Claim
Reported by all 2 channels
A flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was the subject of an alleged attempted hijack.	Reported by Channel 5	Reported by ITV
A 29-year-old Omani national co-pilot, Hamam Al Hamami, was named as the accused.	Reported by Channel 5	Reported by ITV
The plane descended rapidly, dropping 17,000 feet over Saudi Arabia.	Reported by Channel 5	Reported by ITV
The co-pilot was restrained by passengers and crew, who regained control of the plane.	Reported by Channel 5	Reported by ITV
The captain was injured and received hospital treatment after the flight.	Reported by Channel 5	Reported by ITV
Only on one channel
The flight was operated by Flydubai.	Not reported by Channel 5	Reported by ITV
An axe was kept in the cockpit for emergency use.	Not reported by Channel 5	Reported by ITV
The incident was described by UAE authorities as an attempted terror attack.	Not reported by Channel 5	Reported by ITV
Officials said the co-pilot had been removed from flight training or banned from flying by an airline due to concerns about extremism.	Not reported by Channel 5	Reported by ITV
The plane landed safely.	Not reported by Channel 5	Reported by ITV
The cockpit door was opened by Indian pilot Sumit Machar, allowing people to rush in.	Not reported by Channel 5	Reported by ITV
The pilot's actions were celebrated by the Israeli and Indian governments.	Not reported by Channel 5	Reported by ITV
President Trump praised an Israeli passenger who tackled Al Hamami, after discovering he was a fan.	Not reported by Channel 5	Reported by ITV
The UAE was noted as one of the few Arab countries with full diplomatic relations with Israel, and the route was described as sensitive.	Not reported by Channel 5	Reported by ITV
An aviation expert said the industry faces a wider communication issue, including information sharing between states and airlines, data privacy concerns, and inconsistent bans across airlines.	Not reported by Channel 5	Reported by ITV
Hamam Al Hamami completed a distance learning course at Buckinghamshire New University.	Not reported by Channel 5	Reported by ITV
Questions were raised about how the co-pilot passed the vetting process despite being banned from flying elsewhere.	Not reported by Channel 5	Reported by ITV

This is a cross-channel consensus summary, not an objective account. Consensus can be uniformly wrong, or omit what only one channel covered.