Center · Bloomberg
Israel’s Netanyahu Says FlyDubai Hijacker Pilot Was From Oman
The FlyDubai pilot who tried to crash a plane going from Dubai to Tel Aviv was Omani, according to Benjamin Netanyahu.
Read at BloombergInvestigators probe radicalization of co-pilot in attempted FlyDubai hijacking
Lead report from Axios
What happened
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the Omani co-pilot who attempted to hijack a FlyDubai flight from the UAE to Israel underwent religious Islamic radicalization. The incident involved an attack in the cockpit, leaving the Indian captain injured as the flight was forced to make an emergency landing. Authorities are investigating whether the co-pilot acted alone.
Where coverage agrees
Outlets across the political spectrum agree that a FlyDubai flight from the United Arab Emirates to Israel was targeted in an onboard attack involving the co-pilot, and that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commented on the suspect's background.
How the framing differs
Left-leaning Axios and center-leaning Bloomberg focus neutrally on Netanyahu's statements regarding the co-pilot's Omani nationality and radicalization. Right-leaning outlets such as The Daily Wire and RedState use more dramatic framing and terminology, emphasizing terms like Muslim terrorist and Islamist terror indoctrination, and highlighting the captain's heroic recovery.
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Source context: The initial investigation into the attempted hijacking of the FlyDubai flight from the UAE to Israel found that the co-pilot went through religious Islamic radicalization in recent months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Fox News Thursday. Why it matters: Netanyahu…
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Center Left · Axios
Netanyahu: Omani co-pilot went through Islamic radicalization
Center · Bloomberg
Israel’s Netanyahu Says FlyDubai Hijacker Pilot Was From Oman
Center Right · Washington Examiner
Indian Flydubai pilot ‘recovering well’ in hospital: Ambassador
Right · RedState
Israel: FlyDubai Co-Pilot Had Islamist Terror Indoctrination
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Blood-Soaked Pilot Who Stopped Israel’s ‘9/11’ Speaks On Camera From Hospital Bed
Far Right · Breitbart News
Netanyahu: Omani Co‑Pilot Who Tried to Down Flydubai Jet ‘Underwent Islamist Radical Indoctrination’
Far Right · One America News Network
Colleague of accused flydubai hijacker: He is ‘religious extremist who refused to shake hands with women’
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AxiosCenter Left
Netanyahu: Omani co-pilot went through Islamic radicalization
The initial investigation into the attempted hijacking of the FlyDubai flight from the UAE to Israel found that the co-pilot went through religious Islamic radicalization in recent months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Fox News Thursday. Why it matters: Netanyahu's remarks, confirmed by an Israeli intelligence official and people who…
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BloombergCenter
Israel’s Netanyahu Says FlyDubai Hijacker Pilot Was From Oman
The FlyDubai pilot who tried to crash a plane going from Dubai to Tel Aviv was Omani, according to Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Washington ExaminerCenter Right
Indian Flydubai pilot ‘recovering well’ in hospital: Ambassador
The Indian ambassador to the United Arab Emirates said Thursday that Flydubai Captain Smit Machchhar is recovering well after being seriously injured in an alleged cockpit attack that forced a flight from Dubai, UAE, to Tel Aviv, Israel, to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. Indian Ambassador to the UAE Deepak Mittal visited Machchhar…
The Daily Wire - Breaking News, Videos & PodcastsRight
Blood-Soaked Pilot Who Stopped Israel’s ‘9/11’ Speaks On Camera From Hospital Bed
The heroic Indian Flydubai aviator who saved the plane and its passengers from a Muslim terrorist opened up for the first time about the harrowing moment his own co-pilot turned on him in a brutal airborne stabbing frenzy. Despite bleeding out on the cockpit floor from horrific stab wounds, Captain Smit Machchhar summoned every last ...
Breitbart NewsFar Right
Netanyahu: Omani Co‑Pilot Who Tried to Down Flydubai Jet ‘Underwent Islamist Radical Indoctrination’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that the Omani co-pilot accused of trying to bring down an Israel-bound Flydubai jet had “undergone Islamist radical indoctrination,” as investigators probe whether he acted alone or received outside direction.
One America News NetworkFar Right
Colleague of accused flydubai hijacker: He is ‘religious extremist who refused to shake hands with women’
A colleague of the co-pilot accused of stabbing the other pilot and attempting to hijack the flydubai flight carrying more than 170 people described him as a religious extremist, according to media reports.