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The co-pilot attacked the pilot inside the cockpit with an axe and attempted to take control of the aircraft, the prosecutor general said.
The pilot “began executing his plan during the flight, attacking the captain inside the flight deck using a crash axe,” UAE Attorney General Hamad Saif Al Shamsi said.
UAE prosecutors say flydubai co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami used a crash axe to attack the pilot in an attempted hijack of an Israel-bound flight.