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World · Middle East · published 2026-10-09 · via South China Morning Post

UAE accuses Flydubai co-pilot of plotting suicide crash into Ben Gurion airport

The UAE's top prosecutor says an Omani co-pilot intended to commandeer a Flydubai service from Dubai to Tel Aviv on September 30 and steer it into a terminal at Israel's Ben Gurion airport. Another pilot stopped the alleged suicide mission, according to the attorney general. Investigators, who opened their inquiry on October 1, suspect the scheme was modelled on the September 11, 2001 attacks.

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