Flydubai Co-Pilot Attacked Captain With Axe in Terrorist Act
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UAE prosecutors say Flydubai co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami, an Omani national previously barred from flying over extremist views, attacked the captain with a cockpit crash axe on a Tel Aviv-bound flight, calling it a 'terrorist act.' Passengers and crew subdued the co-pilot before an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, preventing a crash with 182 people aboard.
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