Police confirm investigation into period the man reportedly spent in Australia before alleged attempted terrorist attack Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australian security agencies have launched an investigation after it emerged that the flydubai co-pilot who allegedly tried to hijack an Israel-bound flight spent about two years in the country as a student. Disaster was narrowly averted on Wednesday when passengers and crew intervened to stop the co-pilot’s attempt to take control of the flydubai flight to Tel Aviv, which had 182 people onboard and plunged 16,625 feet (5,067 metres) in just over 30 seconds. Continue reading...
Flydubai co-pilot’s time in Australia being investigated by security agencies after alleged cockpit attack
Source: The Guardian
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- Who is the mystery co-pilot behind the Flydubai attack?
- FlyDubai plane attack by co-pilot was an attempted 'terrorist' act, UAE says
- What we know about the co-pilot accused in Flydubai attack
- Australia investigating Flydubai co-pilot's links to country
- How was Flydubai co-pilot cleared despite being deemed a security risk?
- Police investigating Flydubai co-pilot’s Australia ties
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