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  "id": 11907320,
  "title": "Australia investigating Flydubai co-pilot’s links to country",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/australia-investigating-flydubai-co-pilots-links-to-country-11907320",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-04T10:45:21.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/australia-investigating-flydubai-co-pilots-links-to-country"
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  "summary": "Australian authorities are investigating the links between the country and a Flydubai co-pilot who allegedly attempted to take control of a plane travelling to Israel. The co-pilot is alleged to have attacked the captain with a crash axe during a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv before passengers managed to overpower him and help regain […]",
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        "outlet": "Discovered",
        "title": "Authorities probe FlyDubai co-pilot's Australian ties",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/authorities-probe-flydubai-co-pilots-australian-ties",
        "published": "2026-10-04T02:00:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Haaretz",
        "title": "Flydubai captain: Co-pilot said he wanted to pray, then attacked me from behind",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/flydubai-captain-co-pilot-said-he-wanted-to-pray-then-attacked-me",
        "published": "2026-10-04T05:00:48.000Z"
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        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Australia investigating Flydubai co-pilot's links to country",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/australia-investigating-flydubai-co-pilots-links-to-country",
        "published": "2026-10-04T06:19:17.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "‘I thought I’m going to die’: Indian Flydubai captain tells Netanyahu what he did next",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/i-thought-im-going-to-die-indian-flydubai-captain-tells-netanyahu",
        "published": "2026-10-04T07:00:57.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "title": "Australia investigating Flydubai co-pilot’s links to country",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/australia-investigating-flydubai-co-pilots-links-to-country-11894221",
        "published": "2026-10-04T08:56:33.000Z"
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  "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."
}