Alleged Flydubai hijacker planned ‘suicide attack’ on Tel Aviv’s airport, early investigation finds

The alleged hijacker of a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Israel planned to crash the plane into Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport with the intention of killing as many people as possible, a preliminary investigation has found. The pilot aimed to carry out “a premeditated plot with a terrorist objective, aimed at taking control of the aircraft and using it to carry out a suicide attack targeting the passenger terminal at Ben Gurion Airport,” with the aim of causing “the greatest possible number of casualties,” according to a statement a statement from the United Arab Emirates’ attorney general, who is still investigating the incident. This is a developing story and will be updated.