FlyDubai co-pilot planned to crash aircraft into Tel Aviv airport
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What happened
The FlyDubai co-pilot behind the hijacking attempt wanted to crash the jet into Ben Gurion Airport and previously flew the sensitive Israel route, according to multiple sources close to the investigation, amid increasingly difficult questions about the circumstances of the narrowly avoided tragedy.
Summary assembled by rule from the sources below