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EAU claims that Flydubai's flight attack aimed to crash a plane against Ben Gurion

The Omani co-pilot of a Flydubai aircraft from Dubai to Tel Aviv attempted to control the aircraft to crash it into a terminal at the Israeli airport Ben Gurion, according to the results of the investigation conducted by the United Arab Emirates Attorney General's Office. The suspect attacked the commander with an emergency axe in full flight, but the intervention of passengers and crew members prevented the plan from being implemented.

World

Emirates claims that the co-pilot of a Flydubai flight planned to crash it into Tel Aviv airport

The United Arab Emirates Prosecutor's Office claims that the co-pilot of Flydubai's flight to Tel Aviv attempted to take control of the plane to crash it against Ben Gurion Airport on September 30. According to the investigation, the suspect attacked the pilot with an emergency ax and was inspired by the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. The authorities continue to investigate their motivations and possible external connections.

Politics

Did Netanyahu ignore the warnings about the October 7 Hamas attack?

An investigation published by the Israeli newspaper 'Haaretz' claims that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received warnings about a possible large Hamas operation days before the attack, including information transmitted by the President of the United Arab Emirates. Daniel Schwartz, a historian, journalist and political analyst, addresses the issue in France 24.

World

UAE determines that Flydubai's copilot attack was an attempt to "terrorist act"

The United Arab Emirates investigation into FZ1073 Flydubai flight, which had to land in an emergency on 30 September, showed that the aircraft's co-pilot planned "a terrorist act." According to new information, the co-pilot, of Omani origin, had been banned from flying in his own country because of his extremist positions and questions were raised about the rigorous review of his profile during his recruitment.

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UAE to investigate the "terrorist intention" of the Flydubai attack; Netanyahu talks about Iran

The U.S. Attorney General announced the opening of an investigation into the September 30 incident involving a Flydubai plane to Tel Aviv. The great unknowns of the case are what motive the attacking co-pilot had and what their background are and one of the main objectives of the investigations is to clarify whether it was an attempt at terrorist attack. Expand our correspondent in Jerusalem for Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Janira Gómez Muñoz.

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Politics

Netanyahu travelled to UAE to ask him to deny that he warned of an attack before 7-O, according to AP

According to sources cited by the US news agency AP, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with President Emirati, Mohamed bin Zayed, and asked him to deny an investigation of the 'Haaretz' newspaper, whose sources claim that the leader had alerted him to a major Hamas operation shortly before the October 7, 2023 attacks that triggered the escalation of hostilities against Gaza. Netanyahu has publicly denied that warning.