terrorist attack

October 6, 2026 10:16 AM

Flydubai co-pilot completed portion of his flight training in New Zealand, police says

The flydubai co-pilot who stabbed his captain in an alleged attempt to crash a plane last week was in New Zealand seven years ago to complete a portion of his flight training for a U.K.-based company, New Zealand police said in a statement on Tuesday. Police said the man was in New Zealand between November 2018 and May 2019 on a six-month student visa. "Immigration records show he arrived in New Zealand on 30 November 2018 and departed 23 May 2019," New Zealand Assistant Commissioner Michael J...

October 5, 2026 1:34 PM

Co-pilot planned flydubai attack before joining airline, two Israeli officials say

The flydubai co-pilot who stabbed his captain in an alleged attempt to crash the plane has told UAE interrogators he planned the attack before he was hired by the Dubai state-owned airline, according to two Israeli officials with knowledge of the probe. A third source briefed on the UAE probe said the co-pilot, an Omani national, had planned to crash Wednesday's flight into Ben-Gurion airport near Tel Aviv. He had also operated a flight to Tel Aviv earlier this year and intended to hijack and c...

October 5, 2026 10:21 AM

Australia probes flydubai co-pilot’s links to the country, police say

A multi-agency Australian counterterrorism unit is investigating links to Australia of the co-pilot of flydubai flight FZ1073, who stabbed his captain and then attempted to hijack the plane, a police spokesperson said on Sunday. The Victorian Joint Counter Terrorism Team – which comprises federal police, Victorian state police and the ASIO intelligence agency – was "investigating the man's links to Australia," the Australian Federal Police spokesperson said. Two sources briefed on the inve...

October 4, 2026 2:19 PM

Explainer: What do we know about flydubai flight 1073?

Here is what we know, and don't know, about the reported attempt by the copilot of flydubai flight 1073 to crash the plane on September 30 before it landed safely in Saudi Arabia. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PLANE? The flight, carrying more than 170 mostly Israeli passengers and crew, departed Dubai at 0305 GMT, according to flight data reviewed by Reuters. At 0521 GMT in Saudi airspace it made a sudden, sharp turn and plunged towards the ground twice, before stabilising. The plane fell more than 16...

October 4, 2026 2:16 PM

Flydubai co-pilot attacked pilot with axe in attempted ‘terrorist attack’, UAE says

The co-pilot of flydubai flight FZ1073, which was bound for Israel, attempted to carry out a "terrorist attack" with an axe during the flight, the United Arab Emirates prosecutor general said on Saturday. The co-pilot was identified as Hammam al-Hammami, an Omani national, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. A second source briefed on the investigation confirmed the co-pilot’s name. UAE authorities did not immediately respond to a request for confirmation of his identit...

November 13, 2025 9:34 AM

‘Clearly a terrorist attack’: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Delhi blast

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday (local time) described the recent blast in Delhi as “clearly a terrorist attack,” commending Indian authorities for their professionalism in handling the investigation. Responding to a media query on India’s declaration of the November 10 blast as a “terror incident,” Rubio said, “The Indians need to be commended. They’ve been very measured, cautious, and professional in how they are carrying out this investigation. That investigation...

May 7, 2025 5:28 PM

Israeli Consul General backs Operation Sindoor, says name “touched my heart”

Consul General of Israel in Mumbai, Kobbi Shoshani, on Wednesday voiced strong support for Operation Sindoor, the precision strikes carried out by Indian armed forces on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Speaking to ANI, Shoshani reaffirmed Israel’s solidarity with India and underscored that the right to self-defence is absolute. “India has the right to self-defence. I think it’s a very clear message from India to the rest of the world,” he said. Sh...