# Co-pilot attacker had been banned from flying over his radical views

https://mins.news/en/video/84240

- NBC News, 2026-10-02 23:47 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlaYe_ge5JE

> The Wall Street Journal reports that the co-pilot accused of trying to crash a plane bound for Israel had previously been banned from flying by Oman because of his radical views. An Israeli official told NBC News that investigators also found social media posts in which he said he wanted to kill Jews.

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