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New details from the interrogation of Hamam al-Hammami, the Flydubai co-pilot who attempted to hijack a flight from Dubai to Israel, indicate that the terrorist intended to crash the plane into Israel's Ben Gurion Airport, causing mass casualties, Israeli officials said on Sunday. According to the officials, for this reason, al-Hamami only began his hijacking attempt over Jordan. The plan was to continue flying toward Israel to make it appear as a routine flight to Ben Gurion. The terrorist is suspected of having planned to approach landing as usual, and only in the final seconds, once it was impossible to...

Australian authorities are investigating a flydubai co-pilot's "links to Australia" after he attacked the captain ​on a Tel Aviv-bound flight. The co-pilot of the flydubai flight ‌1073, which had departed from Dubai, attacked the pilot with an emergency crash axe inside the cockpit and attempted to take control of the aircraft to commit a "terrorist attack", the United Arab Emirates prosecutor general said on Saturday. He was ​identified as Hamam al Hammami, an Omani national. Flydubai said it had launched a full investigation. Two sources briefed on the investigation said the ​co-pilot studied at a university in Melbourne. Local media...

This video reports on a dangerous in-flight incident involving a Fly Dubai flight to Israel (0:09). Key events include: The Attack: A co-pilot reportedly stabbed the captain mid-flight (0:20-0:23), leading to a rapid, terrifying loss of altitude (1:47-2:18). Heroic Response: Passengers, along with off-duty crew and another pilot who was on board, intervened to neutralize the attacker and regain control of the aircraft (3:23-3:45, 6:52-7:54). Emergency Outcome: The plane landed safely in Saudi Arabia (4:43), and many passengers later continued their journey to Tel Aviv (4:48-5:06). Investigation: The attacker was arrested (8:35). The video discusses potential geopolitical implications, citing the...

Tony Bobulinski, one of Hunter Biden’s former business associates, is worried that former elite FBI agent Timothy Thibault may have helped hide information he provided the bureau about his relationship with the Biden family, directly familiar sources told The Washington Free Beacon. Except that wasn’t supposed to happen: “Someone please remind Democrats that according to the precedent established during Alexander Vindman, nobody gets to question the veracity, the motives and the integrity of great Patriot and naval veteran Tony Bobulinski while giving testimony to the Senate tomorrow. Check and mate.” Bobulinski was brave enough to give his story to the...

A top Taliban military commander described as a close associate of Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Omar was killed in an airstrike this week close to the border with Pakistan, the U.S. military said Saturday. A Taliban spokesman denied the claim. Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Osmani was killed Tuesday by a U.S. airstrike while traveling by vehicle in a deserted area in the southern province of Helmand, the U.S. military said. Two associates also were killed, it said. There was no immediate confirmation from Afghan officials or visual proof offered to support the claim. A U.S. spokesman said "various...