FlyDubai co-pilot allegedly planned suicide attack on Tel Aviv airport, UAE prosecutor says
A FlyDubai co-pilot from Oman allegedly planned to seize a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv passenger flight and crash it into Ben Gurion Airport in a suicide attack, according to the United Arab Emirates attorney general. The case centres on flight 1073, which was carrying 182 people when it later made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after a severe descent. Officials said the aircraft plunged sharply and suffered damage to part of its rudder.The attorney general said the alleged plan was for the aircraft to be flown into a terminal at the Israeli airport on 30 September. Prosecutors said the suspect was... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 09 Oct 2026 19:00 LONDON
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FlyDubai co-pilot allegedly planned to crash aircraft into Tel Aviv airport, reports say
The co-pilot of a FlyDubai flight is now reported to have planned to crash the aircraft into Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion Airport, according to multiple reports citing people close to the investigation. In the first public comments from Emirati investigators, UAE Prosecutor General Hamad Saif al-Shamsi said the co-pilot of flight FZ1073 "attempted to carry out a terrorist attack" when he attacked the captain with an axe and tried to take control of the aircraft. The flight was bound for Israel and carried more than 180 passengers, according to the supplied material.The reports say the suspect, identified by multiple sources as... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 05 Oct 2026 18:59 LONDON
