Israel to start repatriation flights for passengers stranded in UAE following FlyDubai attack

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.
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel will begin repatriation flights on Friday to bring back passengers stranded in the United Arab Emirates after commercial travel between the two countries was suspended in the wake of the attack on a pilot by his copilot who tried to crash a Tel Aviv-bound flight this week. The effort...
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