UAE investigates flydubai FZ1073 cockpit stabbing as possible 'terrorist activity'; Israeli official says Omani copilot was radicalized

The UAE prosecutor general has ordered an investigation into the incident aboard flydubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv, diverted to Saudi Arabia after the Omani copilot stabbed the pilot in the cockpit, state news agency WAM reported. The probe is examining whether it was "terrorist activity"; an Israeli official says the copilot had been radicalized into jihadist ideology and posted about killing Jews before passengers subdued him.

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