FlyDubai co-pilot who nearly crashed plane was barred from flying by Oman over extremism concerns

Israel is launching repatriation flights to assist passengers stranded in the United Arab Emirates. The move follows an incident earlier this week where a FlyDubai copilot attempted to crash a flight traveling from the UAE to Tel Aviv.
The pilot was barred from flying by his native Oman over concerns he had adopted extremist views.
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