Alleged Flydubai hijacker planned ‘suicide attack’ on Tel Aviv’s airport, early investigation finds

The alleged hijacker of a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Israel planned to crash the plane into Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport with the intention of killing as many people as possible, a preliminary investigation has found.

Eyad Kourdi,Hira Humayun | cnn​.com • Oct 9, 2026