{
  "id": 11121892,
  "title": "Live: FlyDubai suspends flights to and from Israel after pilot attack",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/live-flydubai-suspends-flights-to-and-from-israel-after-pilot-attack",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T05:58:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20261001-live-flydubai-suspends-flights-to-and-from-israel-after-pilot-attack"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "FlyDubai, the budget airline owned by Emirates Airlines, has temporarily suspended flights to and from Israel after one of its pilot stabbed his copilot midflight in what appears to have been an attempt to crash the Tel Aviv-bound passenger yet. Israel’s defence minister has labelled the incident as a thwarted “terror attack”. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "Israel PM says pilot of rerouted flight tried to crash flydubai plane",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/israel-pm-says-pilot-of-rerouted-flight-tried-to-crash-flydubai-plane",
        "published": "2026-10-01T01:24:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Plummeting Israel flight like 'rollercoaster', says passenger",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/plummeting-israel-flight-like-rollercoaster-says-passenger",
        "published": "2026-10-01T03:52:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian Australia",
        "title": "Australian couple among passengers on diverted flydubai flight to Israel, embassy says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/australian-couple-among-passengers-on-diverted-flydubai-flight-to",
        "published": "2026-10-01T05:14:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Flying from UAE today? Israel flights suspended; check Emirates, Etihad, flydubai, Air Arabia cancellations and delays",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/flying-from-uae-today-israel-flights-suspended-check-emirates-etihad",
        "published": "2026-10-01T05:46:12.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}