UAE Says Flydubai Co-Pilot Attacked Captain With Cockpit Axe
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A Flydubai co-pilot attacked the flight’s captain with a cockpit crash axe in what a United Arab Emirates official described as an attempted terrorist attack, according to Reuters, The Wall Street Journal and NBC News.
The flight was bound for Tel Aviv. ABC7 Los Angeles identified the suspect as Hamam al-Hammami, an Omani national, and reported that he had previously been flagged over extremism concerns.
Australian authorities are investigating the co-pilot’s links to Australia, Sky News reported.
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Written from 6 articles, headlines and summaries only; 6 independent newsrooms once syndicated copies count as one; this version written 42 h after the record first saw the story; the editor revised it.
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WHAT THE EDITOR DID
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Remove the unsupported commentary about what the accounts did not report. - "Further details about the attack, including the captain’s condition and how the incident ended, were not reported in the accounts.": This is commentary about the source material rather than reporting from a source.
THE DRAFT AND THE CHANGES
UAE Says Flydubai Co-Pilot Attacked Captain With Cockpit Axe
A Flydubai co-pilot attacked the flight’s captain with a cockpit crash axe in what a United Arab Emirates official described as an attempted terrorist attack, according to Reuters, The Wall Street Journal and NBC News.
The flight was bound for Tel Aviv. ABC7 Los Angeles identified the suspect as Hamam al-Hammami, an Omani national, and reported that he had previously been flagged over extremism concerns.
Australian authorities are investigating the co-pilot’s links to Australia, Sky News reported. Further details about the attack, including the captain’s condition and how the incident ended, were not reported in the accounts.
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