Vance: We have not seen conclusive evidence of Iran's connection to the FlyDubai incident

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As investigations continue into the "Fly Dubai" plane incident, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance clarified that the United States has not yet seen any conclusive evidence of Iran's connections to the incident that occurred last Wednesday.

Vance also added to reporters today, Monday, before departing on a flight to Alaska, that his country is reviewing the procedures followed in America after the Fly Dubai incident, according to Reuters.

In this context, he stated that "the co-pilot, Hamam Al-Hamami, should not have been flying a passenger plane, given his history."

These statements came as two Israeli officials familiar with the investigation revealed earlier today that the co-pilot told investigators he had planned the attack before being hired by the company, according to Reuters.

A third informed source said that the accused was planning to crash the plane that was heading to Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv.

The investigation is still ongoing on a wide scale, with all hypotheses and possibilities being studied.

Meanwhile, the Attorney General of the UAE announced two days ago that the co-pilot on Flydubai flight FZ 1073 attacked the captain with an emergency axe, describing the incident as "an act of terrorism."

The flight heading from Dubai to Tel Aviv last Wednesday morning was approaching Israeli airspace when the co-pilot, Hamam Al-Hamami, stabbed the captain and attempted to bring the plane down, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and some passengers on board, as well as the captain himself, Smit Machar.

However, Machar managed to resist his assistant long enough to open the cockpit door, allowing a group of passengers and Flydubai staff to subdue the attacker.

Two pilots on board the flight managed to regain control of the aircraft and executed an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.

The co-pilot is currently undergoing a second round of questioning in the UAE, after Saudi authorities initially interrogated him following the emergency landing of the aircraft.

It is noted that Al-Hammami, who is 29 years old and born to an Omani father and a Syrian mother, worked briefly for Oman Air, where he joined a training program for new pilots.

However, during monitoring conducted by the Omani government, it was found that he was visiting extremist websites, which led the company to transfer him to an office job.

Before Al-Hammami resigned from his position at Oman Air and left the company in 2024, he applied for a pilot position at Western Airlines but was not accepted, and later joined Flydubai.