Flydubai Co-Pilot Accused of Stabbing Captain Trained in New Zealand

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New Zealand police confirmed Tuesday that the flydubai co-pilot accused of stabbing his captain in an alleged hijacking attempt completed part of his flight training in the country seven years ago. The man was in New Zealand from November 2018 to May 2019 on a student visa, training for a UK-based company that no longer operates there. Police are reviewing records of his time in the country. The co-pilot, reportedly an Omani national, attacked the pilot with an emergency crash axe on a Dubai-to-Israel flight, which UAE prosecutors called a terrorist attack. Australian authorities are also investigating his links.


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