Flydubai co-pilot planned suicide attack on Tel Aviv airport
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Dubai - The co-pilot who attacked the captain of a flydubai jet last week had planned to crash the plane into Tel Aviv’s international airport, the United Arab Emirates’ top prosecutor said on Friday.In the aftermath of the incident, people on board — the majority of whom were Israeli — described a sudden plunge in altitude and a fight for control of the aircraft, which was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
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