Omani Flydubai co-pilot planned to crash plane into Israeli airport, UAE says
An Omani Flydubai co-pilot had planned to seize a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight and crash it into a terminal at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport on September 30 in a suicide attack before he was thwarted by his fellow pilot, the UAE attorney general said on Friday, according to the state news agency. The plan was inspired by the September 11, 2001, attacks on the US, UAE public prosecutors believe as a result of their investigation launched on October 1, which found the suspect had used two previous...