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How a Canadian TV Show May Have Helped Foil the FlyDubai Terrorist Attack

Summary by The New Yorker
The documentary series “Air Crash Investigations” has attracted a cult following by obsessively dissecting historic plane crashes. Then a fan of the show found himself aboard a hijacked plane headed for Israel.

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The investigation is taking place in the case of the alleged terrorist attack on board the FlyDubai aircraft, in which the pilot was stabbed by his colleague during the flight. There are new preventive arrests. Two co-pilots have already arrived behind bars, and investigations by the authorities continue. Journalist Ana Maria Păcurau, the director of the Day Mass broadcast, summarized the latest information in this case.

A pair of commercial pilots for FlyDubai based in the Maldives have been arrested and are currently being held for questioning, following suspicions of a direct or indirect connection to the attempted hijacking of a FlyDubai flight to Tel Aviv. According to reports in local media outlets in the Maldives, the two were arrested over the weekend and so far no concrete information has been provided regarding their location, only confirmation by the …

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matzav.com broke the news on Sunday, October 11, 2026.
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