# UAE says Omani flydubai co-pilot planned suicide attack on Tel Aviv flight

https://mins.news/en/item/93560

- Reuters, 2026-10-09 16:50 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/uae-says-omani-flydubai-co-pilot-planned-suicide-attack-tel-aviv-flight-2026-10-09/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ac91b477858580001465e90

> The UAE attorney general said on Friday that an Omani flydubai co-pilot planned to seize a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight on September 30 and crash it into a terminal at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport. The co-pilot was stopped by the other pilot, the state news agency reported.

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