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Flydubai co-pilot stabbed captain with crash axe in ‘terrorist’ attack: UAE
Attorney general says ‘terrorist attack’ was attempted by suspect who is said to have been barred from flying by Oman because of extremist views The co-pilot of flydubai flight FZ1073 attempted to carry out a “terrorist attack” during the flight, the United Arab Emirates prosecutor general said on
What the coverage shows
Both outlets foreground the UAE’s description of the incident as a terrorist attack involving a Flydubai co-pilot and a crash axe. Sky News adds that the pilot was “attacked” on a Tel Aviv-bound flight that “nearly crashed,” while Al Jazeera’s extract gives no extra detail beyond its headline and says only that it is a breaking news story.
Written by Crossfiled from the 3 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.
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