# Live: Flydubai suspends Israel flights after pilot attacks copilot

https://mins.news/en/item/81374

- France 24, 2026-10-01 05:58 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20261001-live-flydubai-suspends-flights-to-and-from-israel-after-pilot-attack

> Flydubai has temporarily halted flights to and from Israel after one of its pilots stabbed the copilot during a flight. The incident appears to have involved an attempt to crash a passenger aircraft bound for Tel Aviv, and Israel’s defence minister called it a thwarted “terror attack”.

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