Flydubai Co-Pilot Apparently Planned Suicide Attack on Tel Aviv Airport

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According to findings by the Emirati authorities, a co-pilot with the airline Flydubai had been planning a suicide attack on Tel Aviv Airport. As the news agency AFP reports, citing authorities in the United Arab Emirates, the man intended to deliberately steer the passenger aircraft into a terminal of the Israeli airport. The attack was reportedly foiled.

The incident refers to an event that already became known at the end of September aboard a Flydubai aircraft en route to Tel Aviv. The precise background and the man's motive have not yet been definitively clarified. According to the Hamburger Abendblatt and Le Monde, the Emirates are classifying the case as a planned suicide attack.

What is known so far

According to investigators, the co-pilot's goal was to steer the aircraft into a terminal at Tel Aviv Airport. Tagesschau reports that further details about the sequence of events and possible background are still being gathered by the authorities in the Emirates. It remains unclear, among other things, at what stage of the flight the plan was discovered and what specific measures led to its foiling.

What happens next?

The relevant authorities in the United Arab Emirates have announced they will continue to investigate the case. Israeli agencies were initially not named as investigators in the reports. It remains unclear which security agencies are involved and whether there are links to extremist networks.

Status: The report is being updated. Further details will follow.