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DEVELOPING · 2 OCT → 14 OCT 2026 · 13 EDITIONS · 28 OUTLETS

Report says flydubai co-pilot attacked captain and tried to crash jet

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 14 28 3 Oct 4 Oct 5 Oct 6 Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 4 Oct 18:22 UTC · Reports scrutinize Flydubai co-pilot’s hiring and alleged Oman links 5 Oct 00:24 UTC · Questions raised over screening after alleged attack aboard Flydubai flight FZ1073 5 Oct 12:38 UTC · Report says flydubai co-pilot attacked captain and tried to crash jet

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 3 HEADLINES

  1. 4 Oct, 18:22 UTC

    Reports scrutinize Flydubai co-pilot’s hiring and alleged Oman links

  2. 5 Oct, 00:24 UTC

    Questions raised over screening after alleged attack aboard Flydubai flight FZ1073

  3. 5 Oct, 12:38 UTC

    Report says flydubai co-pilot attacked captain and tried to crash jet

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Tel Aviv · 2 outlets
  • Hamad Saif · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Nothing new took hold after the first third.