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Live: FlyDubai suspends flights to and from Israel after pilot attack

France 241 October 2026, 05:58 UTCIsrael

FlyDubai, the budget airline owned by Emirates Airlines, has temporarily suspended flights to and from Israel after one of its pilot stabbed his copilot midflight in what appears to have been an attempt to crash the Tel Aviv-bound passenger yet. Israel’s defence minister has labelled the incident as a thwarted “terror attack”. Follow our liveblog for all the latest developments.

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