# Foiled flydubai attack clouds regional airline revival

https://mins.news/en/item/82955

- Reuters, 2026-10-02 05:15 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/foiled-flydubai-attack-clouds-regional-airline-revival-2026-10-02/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6abf3ddeaa92170001cbf99a

> An attempted attack on a flydubai flight to Tel Aviv narrowly avoided disaster this week, Israeli officials said. Passengers overpowered a co-pilot who stabbed the captain and appeared to try to crash the aircraft, adding uncertainty to a regional airline recovery already strained by the Iran war.

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