Omani co‑pilot attacks pilot with axe on flight near Tel Aviv, passengers subdue him
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- A co‑pilot who is a national of Oman attacked the captain with an emergency axe and tried to take control of an aircraft that was descending near Tel Aviv on Wednesday.
- The flight carried 182 people and passengers and crew restrained the co‑pilot; he had previously been banned from flying by Oman Air over concerns about extremist views, moved to an administrative role at that airline and later hired by FlyDubai in the United Arab Emirates, which is leading the investigation and says the act was a terrorist attack.
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