FlyDubai co-pilot was Omani national who had been flagged over extremism concerns, sources say
United Arab Emirates officials identified the FlyDubai co-pilot who attacked the captain with a crash axe as an Omani national previously flagged for extremism.
The United Arab Emirates says the co-pilot on a FlyDubai flight that nearly crashed with 182 people on board attacked the captain with the cockpit’s crash axe in a “terrorist attack.”
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