FlyDubai co-pilot planned to crash aircraft into Tel Aviv airport

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Investigators say the FlyDubai co-pilot accused in a hijacking attempt planned to crash the aircraft into Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport. The report also notes that he had previously flown the sensitive Israel route, raising questions about the circumstances of the thwarted incident.

The FlyDubai co-pilot behind the hijacking attempt wanted to crash the jet into Ben Gurion Airport and previously flew the sensitive Israel route, according to multiple sources close to the investigation, amid increasingly difficult questions about the circumstances of the narrowly avoided tragedy.