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FlyDubai co-pilot intended to crash plane into Tel Aviv airport, UAE prosecutor says

FlyDubai co-pilot intended to crash plane into Tel Aviv airport, UAE prosecutor says
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The axe-wielding co-pilot who attacked the captain of a FlyDubai flight to Tel Aviv last month intended to seize control of the airplane and fly it into the passenger terminal at Israel’s main international airport, authorities in the United Arab Emirates said Friday. The suspect, an Omani nation...

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