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Suicide by plane or terrorism? Speculation over motive in flight 1073 attack

Source: The Guardian World - Published: 02 Oct 2026 18:40

Experts sceptical flydubai co-pilot’s only motivation was to end his own life and say key question is means of radicalisationAt around 9.30 on Wednesday morning local time, Tali Manes was taking her six-year-old daughter Nina to the toilet on the regular flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv when she heard a series of heavy blows against the cockpit door.Manes, an Israeli bank executive, immediately told a flight attendant seated nearby that something was wrong. When he didn’t react, she shouted at him: “Something is happening in there!” Seconds later, the man “simply went to the [cockpit] door and opened it”, Manes told Israel’s Channel 12 TV. Continue reading...