Flydubai co-pilot planned suicide attack on Tel Aviv airport, UAE prosecutors say
A Flydubai co-pilot attempted to seize control of a passenger jet and crash it into Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport in a premeditated suicide attack, UAE prosecutors have said. The UAE's Attorney General, Dr Hamad Al Shamsi, announced on Friday that an investigation into the September 30 incident involving flight FZ1073, bound for Tel Aviv from Dubai, found that the aircraft's Omani co-pilot had…
A Flydubai co-pilot plotted a terror attack on Tel Aviv airport, according to UAE prosecutors. The suspect, a 29-year-old Omani man, sought to crash a passenger jet into Ben Gurion Airport in a premeditated suicide mission, prosecutors announced on Friday. The attacker, inspired by the 9/11 attacks, had become radicalized in Australia between 2017 and 2026.
He attended a mosque connected to extremist groups and trained in boxing to prepare for the attack. The suspect had taken two earlier flights to Tel Aviv to scout the route and airport. Despite no signs of extremism during his employment, the suspect gained access to the cockpit and injured the captain using an axe. The aircraft was diverted to Tabuk Airport in Saudi Arabia.
The suspect confessed to carrying out the attack alone, but investigators are still verifying this claim.
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