FlyDubai Attack Raises Questions About Pilot Background Checks

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A FlyDubai attack has prompted questions about how effectively airlines can screen pilots for criminal histories, radicalization, and concealed mental health issues. Experts quoted in the report say standard background checks and health screenings may have limited ability to identify such risks.

Health screenings and criminal background checks may go only so far in identifying pilots who have become radicalized or try to hide their mental health issues, experts said.

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