UAE probes possible terror link in flydubai incident

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates announced on Thursday it is investigating a possible terrorist link to an apparent attempt by a co-pilot to crash a flydubai passenger jet headed to Israel. The dramatic events on Wednesday ended with the plane making an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia and passengers receiving a hero’s welcome from Israeli Prime Minis­ter Benjamin Netanyahu upon arriving in Tel Aviv. Disaster was averted on flight FZ1073 from Dubai after the wounded captain unlocked the cockpit door, allowing passengers to subdue the attacker. Passengers described ru­­shing the cockpit after…