Israel probes if FlyDubai pilot stabbing was attempted terror attack

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Israel is probing whether the stabbing of a pilot by his co-pilot on a FlyDubai plane full of Israelis was an attempted terror attack.
The flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, after passengers stormed the cockpit and wrenched back control from the attacker, who Israeli officials suspect was trying to crash the plane. One passenger said he knew to pull the plane out of its dive from watching “Air Crash Investigation on TV.” T
he incident has driven some of the first public diplomacy in months between Israel and the Gulf, amid regional tensions over the Iran war and reports that Netanyahu ignored the UAE’s warnings ahead of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks.

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