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FlyDubai incident recalls decades of Middle East airline hijackings: What to know
In 1968, the PFLP hijacked an El Al flight from Rome to Tel Aviv, marking the first political hijacking of an aircraft tied to the Middle East.
Man City future in doubt after guilty verdict
Manchester City face an uncertain future after being found guilty of more than 100 breaches of Premier League financial rules in a bombshell verdict that former player Mic
'Do something,' begs Iranian woman after death sentence over protests
An Iranian woman sentenced to death over protests earlier this year has begged the international community to save her life and others facing the death penalty, according to an au…
Israel PM says pilot of rerouted flight tried to crash plane
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that the pilot of a Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight had tried to crash the plane and kill its passengers, after the aircraf…
Passenger on rerouted flydubai flight says pilot tried to crash plane
A passenger on a rerouted flydubai flight that was bound for Tel Aviv said one of the pilots tried to crash the plane and kill everyone on board, after both pilots were found to b…
Israel-bound plane rerouted, pilots wounded in reported fight
Two pilots were wounded after they reportedly fought on board the plane they were flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv, and which was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia …
UK links Iran to suspected plot outside airbase used by US bombers
LONDON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Britain has "strong indications" that Iran was involved in a suspected plot against a British airbase used by US forces to strike Iran, Prime Minister …
Passengers overcame pilot who tried to crash flydubai flight, Israel says
By Alexander Cornwell, Rami Amichay and Lina ObeidJERUSALEM, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The co-pilot of a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv tried to crash the plane after stabbing the pilot,…
Passengers overcame co-pilot who tried to crash flydubai flight, Netanyahu says
By Alexander Cornwell and Rami AmichayJERUSALEM, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The co-pilot of a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv tried to crash the plane after stabbing the pilot, but passeng…
Israeli officials say diverted flydubai incident may be attempted 'terror attack'
By Alexander Cornwell and Rami AmichayJERUSALEM, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The Israeli government believes an incident on a flight from the United Arab Emirates to Israel, which diverte…
