Israel-Bound FlyDubai Crash Plot: Why Did Omani Co-Pilot Keep US Base in Jordan as Backup Target?
Passengers and crew overpowered the co-pilot after a 14,000-foot drop, and investigators say he planned to crash the jet into Ben Gurion Airport.
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Israel-bound FlyDubai crash plot: Why did Omani co-pilot keep US base in Jordan as backup target?
Fresh details are emerging in the investigation into the attempted hijacking of a Flydubai flight bound for Israel. Israeli officials say the Omani co-pilot allegedly planned to crash the aircraft into Ben Gurion Airport and had a backup target in Jordan if that plan failed. Reports identify the possible target as a U.S. military base in Jordan, although investigators have not publicly confirmed the alleged target. The co-pilot allegedly attacke…
Co-Pilot Planned to Crash Flydubai Plane Into Airport or US Military Base: Israeli Security Officials
Israeli security officials say the co-pilot’s backup plan was to crash the Flydubai plane into a U.S. military base in Jordan if he could not make it to Israel.
According to Israel, an investigation into the co-pilot of a Flydubai flight en route from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Israel on September 30 has revealed suspicions that he intended to use the passenger plane as a weapon and crash it into Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv.
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