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Suicide by plane or terrorism? Speculation over motive in flight 1073 attack

Jason Burke International security correspondent · The Guardian · World
Published 3 Oct 2026, 1:40 am·4 d ago·1 min read
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Experts sceptical flydubai co-pilot’s only motivation was to end his own life and say key question is means of radicalisation At about 9.30 on Wednesday morning local time, Tali Manes was taking her six-year-old daughter, Nina, to the toilet on the regular flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv when she heard a series of heavy blows against the cockpit door. Manes, an Israeli bank executive, immediately told a flight attendant seated nearby that something was wrong. When he did not react, she shouted at him: “Something is happening in there!” Seconds later, the man “simply went to the…

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