Co-Pilot Named in Flydubai Attack Case
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A man is accused of attacking a Flydubai captain. He was the co-pilot on the plane. News reports say his name is Hamam al-Hammami.
Flydubai is an airline. It flies planes from Dubai. A captain is the main pilot on a plane. The co-pilot helps the captain fly the plane.
People say the co-pilot attacked the captain. This is very serious. Many people are now asking questions about what happened.
News groups are trying to learn more about Hamam al-Hammami. They want to know who he is and why this happened.
This story is still new. More information may come out soon about the incident and the people involved.
Vocabulary15 words
- co-pilot
- a person who helps the main pilot fly a plane
- airline
- a company that flies planes for people
- incident
- something that happens, often bad
- accused
- said to have done something wrong
- captain
- the main pilot of a plane
- attack
- to hurt someone on purpose
- identified
- named; said who someone is
- report
- news information about something
- serious
- important and not small
- pilot
- a person who flies a plane
- flight
- a trip in a plane
- news
- information about new events
- questions
- things people want to know
- name
- what a person is called
- plane
- a machine that flies in the sky
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1. He was the co-pilot 2. Hamam al-Hammami 3. True
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A man is accused of _____ a Flydubai captain. He was the _____ on the plane. News reports say his _____ is Hamam al-Hammami.
Flydubai is an _____. It flies planes from Dubai. A _____ is the main pilot on a plane.
People say the co-pilot _____ the captain. This is very _____. Many people are now asking _____ about what happened.
News groups are trying to learn more about Hamam al-Hammami. They want to know _____ he is.
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