FlyDubai co-pilot had previously been fired from Oman Air for "extremist views," sources said
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The Wall Street Journal reports the co-pilot who tried to fly a plane bound for Israel into the ground had been banned from flying by his home country, Oman, over his radical views.
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FlyDubai co-pilot had previously been fired from Oman Air for "extremist views," sources said.
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The FlyDubai co-pilot who allegedly tried to crash an Israel-bound flight this week was fired from Oman Air for "extremist views," sources say.
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