Omani Flydubai co-pilot planned to crash plane into Israeli airport, UAE says

R ReutersSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-10-09 · 17:01 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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The UAE attorney general stated that an Omani Flydubai co-pilot planned a suicide attack on September 30, intending to seize a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight and crash it into a terminal at Israel's Ben Gurion airport. The co-pilot's fellow pilot reportedly thwarted this plan. The attorney general's statement, released by the state news agency, provided the most detailed account from prosecutors to date and did not implicate Flydubai in any wrongdoing. The article does not specify the co-pilot's motivations or the immediate aftermath of the thwarted attack.

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The statement by the UAE attorney general did not implicate Flydubai in wrongdoing.

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The co-pilot was thwarted by his fellow pilot.

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The co-pilot intended to carry out a suicide attack.

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An Omani Flydubai co-pilot planned to crash a plane into Ben Gurion airport on September 30.

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An ⁠Omani Flydubai co-pilot had intended to seize a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight and crash it into a terminal at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport on September 30 in a suicide attack ‌before he was thwarted by his fellow pilot, the UAE attorney general said on Friday, according to the state news agency. The statement by Attorney General Hamad Saif al Shamsi did not appear to implicate Flydubai in any wrongdoing, and contained the most detailed ⁠account yet from prosecutors about what happened. Flydubai was...

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