Laura Loomer
Role at the time: Political activist and Trump ally
Statement summary
Laura Loomer wrote on X that flight FZ1073 was hijacked by a "jihadi who wanted to crash the plane full of Israeli passengers," then noted that Tucker Carlson was in Abu Dhabi the same day and asked whether the hijacker was "a Tucker fan."
“the @flydubai plane flown by a Muslim pilot who worked for the Emirati airline was hijacked by the jihadi who wanted to crash the plane full of Israeli passengers as a form of jihad”
Laura Loomer's October 4, 2026 post saying Tucker Carlson was in Abu Dhabi on the day of the FZ1073 incident and asking whether the hijacker was a fan of his.
Why we used this label
The case asks whether a pilot of flydubai flight FZ1073 deliberately tried to crash the aircraft on September 30, 2026. Loomer asserts that the hijacker wanted to crash the plane, so we labeled it Condemned, the case's label for an attributed accusation of the attempt. Her questions about Tucker Carlson do not bear on whether there was a crash attempt.