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UAE prosecutors state Flydubai co-pilot plotted attack on Tel Aviv airport

Prosecutors in the United Arab Emirates reported that a Flydubai co-pilot planned to hijack an aircraft bound from Dubai to Tel Aviv and conduct a suicide attack against an airport terminal. The aircraft carrying the passengers was diverted to Saudi Arabia. Further details concerning the suspect's status and custody remain unresolved.

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The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
13 differing positions reported on attribution across 27 publishers; unresolved.
  • thenationalnewsUAE prosecutors
  • telegramThe UAE attorney general
  • jpostUAE Attorney-General
  • arabnewsUAE
  • middleeasteyeUAE prosecutor
  • franceUAE prosecutor
  • memonitorUAE
  • tassFlydubai
  • deutscheUAE
  • almashhadالإمارات
  • klix-baTužilaštvo UAE
  • dikenpilot
  • expressUAE
  • senewebprocureur
  • aljazeeraUAE says
  • theguardianUAE prosecutors
  • epochtimes副机长
  • ltn阿聯檢方
  • rferlВторой пилот FlyDubai
  • newtalk阿聯檢方
  • thehinduUAE prosecutor
  • cna-tw阿聯檢方
  • chinanews阿联酋检方
  • vnexpressCơ phó flydubai
  • bbcUAE
  • enabbaladiالإمارات
  • timesofisraelUAE
12 differing positions reported on location across 27 publishers; unresolved.
  • thenationalnewsTel Aviv airport
  • telegramBen
  • jpostBen-Gurion Airport
  • arabnewsBen Gurion ⁠airport
  • middleeasteyeTel Aviv airport
  • franceTel Aviv
  • memonitorBen Gurion Airport
  • tassTel Aviv
  • klix-baTel Avivu
  • dikenDubai-Tel Aviv
  • expressTel Aviv
  • senewebTel Aviv
  • folhaIsrael
  • aljazeeraIsrael
  • theguardianIsraeli airport
  • epochtimes迪拜
  • ltn特拉維夫機場
  • rferlТель-Авива
  • newtalk特拉維夫
  • thehinduTel Aviv airport
  • cna-tw特拉維夫機場
  • ettoday特拉維夫機場
  • chinanews迪拜
  • bbcAustralia
  • almashhadاسرائيل
  • enabbaladiفلاي دبي
  • timesofisraelBen Gurion Airport
4 differing positions reported on timing across 7 publishers; unresolved.
  • jpostattempted
  • middleeasteye9/11
  • klix-ba11. septembar
  • diken11 Eylül'den
  • folha11 de Setembro
  • epochtimes9/11
  • timesofisrael9/11
2 differing positions reported on status across 28 publishers; unresolved.
  • thenationalnewsplanned
  • telegramsaid
  • jpostattempted
  • arabnewssays
  • middleeasteyeplotted
  • franceplanned
  • memonitorsays
  • tassplanned
  • deutscheplanned
  • almashhadتعلن
  • klix-baplanirao
  • dikenesinlenmiş
  • expresssays
  • senewebplanifiait
  • folhadiz
  • aljazeeraplotted
  • theguardianplanned
  • epochtimes策划
  • ltn企圖
  • rferlхотел
  • newtalk企圖
  • thehinduintended
  • cna-tw企圖
  • chinanews企图
  • vnexpresshọc
  • bbcbegan
  • enabbaladiتكشف
  • timesofisraelconfirms
WhereTel Aviv
32.081, 34.781 ±10 km
First reported16 days ago
Published2026-10-09 18:32 UTC
Sources30
How this travelled.
Reports38Independent tellings28
28 independently corroborated tellings, 3 reported as carrying other outlets.

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Global Event Monitor. UAE prosecutors state Flydubai co-pilot plotted attack on Tel Aviv airport. 2026-10-09T18:32:18.286Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:5255. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-09/flydubai-co-pilot-planned-terrorist-attack-at-tel-aviv-airport-0702f769

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