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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a security review of foreign civilian flights to Israel after a Flydubai co-pilot allegedly attacked the captain and tried to crash the aircraft.

Le Monde
Flydubai flight: Benjamin Netanyahu orders a review of security measures on international flights to Israel

A flight carrying 174 people was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after an apparent attempt by the co-pilot to cause a crash. The Israeli opposition is calling for investigations into potential security gaps.

Flydubai flight: Benjamin Netanyahu orders a review of security measures on international flights to Israel
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Co-pilot from Oman: After the Flydubai attack Israel discusses security gaps

The co-pilot of the Flydubai flight was not allowed to work as a pilot in Oman. Several Israeli authorities are now pointing the finger at each other.

Co-pilot from Oman: After the Flydubai attack Israel discusses security gaps
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The Independent
Australia police investigate FlyDubai co-pilot's links to the country

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ‌Netanyahu said the co-pilot had undergone radical Islamist indoctrination

Australia police investigate FlyDubai co-pilot's links to the country
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The Sidney Morning Herald
Flydubai co-pilot spent time at Victorian university

ASIO and Australian Federal Police are now joining the investigation after the co-pilot accused of attempting to hijack a passenger plane, spent time at a Victorian university.

Flydubai co-pilot spent time at Victorian university
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Gazeta Wyborcza
Investigation into Flydubai flight: The attacker-pilot attacked the captain with an axe. He had radical views

The second pilot, who tried to take control of a Flydubai plane bound for Israel, was radical, had suicidal tendencies, and attacked the captain not with a knife but with an emergency axe, according to UAE authorities conducting the investigation.

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Financial Times
Australian authorities probe Flydubai attacker’s links to country

Recriminations among various governments escalate after attempted hijacking of flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv last week

Australian authorities probe Flydubai attacker’s links to country
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VRT NWS
Too radical to fly, yet in the cockpit: what we know about the co-pilot who attacked a colleague on a flight to Israel

Questions during his training, extremist posts: it increasingly looks like the Flydubai co-pilot who attacked his colleague was radicalized. Investigators and journalists are gradually piecing together more details about his past. This is what we know so far.

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Neue Zürcher Zeitung
INTERVIEW - Terror expert astonished by security gaps in Dubai: 'Insufficient checks on the flight to Israel are incomprehensible to me'

An attack on a Flydubai pilot and a foiled attack on a U.S. military base in the United Kingdom: Is Iran behind it? Nicolas Stockhammer sees indicators that the regime in Europe is pursuing destabilization.

INTERVIEW - Terror expert astonished by security gaps in Dubai: 'Insufficient checks on the flight to Israel are incomprehensible to me'
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To Vima
Flydubai: New revelations about the co-pilot – Targeted Tel Aviv, his past

Israeli authorities are investigating his past, though all indications are that he acted as a lone wolf — questions about Flydubai.

Flydubai: New revelations about the co-pilot – Targeted Tel Aviv, his past
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HVG
Death penalty possible for Flydubai plane attacker: second pilot could face execution

'There will be no leniency, I guarantee it, and there will be no clemency,' said an Emirati official.

Death penalty possible for Flydubai plane attacker: second pilot could face execution
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Kathimerini
Flydubai: Investigation into 'possible ties' of the co-pilot with Australia

According to reports, the co-pilot studied at a university in Melbourne.

Flydubai: Investigation into 'possible ties' of the co-pilot with Australia
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Financial Times
Australian authorities probe Flydubai attacker’s links to the country

Recriminations among various governments have escalated after the attempted hijacking of a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv last week

Australian authorities probe Flydubai attacker’s links to the country
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The Independent
Indian hero pilot reveals new details of FlyDubai cockpit attack: ‘Felt big blow to back of my head’

Indian pilot is now recovering at a hospital in Abu Dhabi

Indian hero pilot reveals new details of FlyDubai cockpit attack: ‘Felt big blow to back of my head’
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