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  "id": 12106243,
  "title": "Co-pilot planned flydubai attack before joining airline, two Israeli officials say",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/co-pilot-planned-flydubai-attack-before-joining-airline-two-israeli-12106243",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T06:46:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
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  "summary": "By Alexander Cornwell and Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM, Oct 5 (Reuters) - The flydubai co-pilot who stabbed his captain in an alleged attempt to crash the plane has told UAE interrogators he planned the attack before he was hired by the Dubai state-owned airline, according to two Israeli officials with knowledge of the probe.",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/israeli-prof-indicted-for-planning-mass-terror-attack-against",
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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."
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