**Co-pilot who stabbed Indian pilot wanted wife to wear niqab & stop working, reveal deleted posts**

Deleted social media posts linked to Omani co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami, accused of attacking Indian pilot Smit Machchhar aboard a Flydubai flight, reportedly showed that he wanted a wife who would wear a niqab and stop working after marriage. 

Another post criticised mixed-gender workplaces. CNN reviewed nearly 3,000 deleted posts from 2021–22.