Travelling story
FlyDubai co-pilot plotted airport attack
First seen in Israel’s press on 4 October 2026. Carried by 10 presses over 5 days, 45 articles in all; the busiest day was 5 October 2026 with 18 articles.
Ended — carried by the press of 10 countries between 4 October 2026 and 10 October 2026.
Articles per day
The spread, day by day
For each day: the articles the presses gave it, and the presses that carried it for the first time that day.
- 7 articles · 10 presses so far
no new press
- 4 articles · 10 presses so far
- 5 articles · 8 presses so far
new: Austria (3)
- 18 articles · 7 presses so far
new: Netherlands (5), Switzerland (4), Australia (2), Romania (2)
- 11 articles · 3 presses so far
new: Israel (6), United Kingdom (3), United States (2)
The presses that carried it
Ranked by articles over the whole story; the date is the first day each press carried it.
- United States 10 articles · from 4 Oct 2026
- Netherlands 7 articles · from 5 Oct 2026
- Austria 7 articles · from 6 Oct 2026
- Israel 6 articles · from 4 Oct 2026
- Switzerland 4 articles · from 5 Oct 2026
- United Kingdom 3 articles · from 4 Oct 2026
- Australia 2 articles · from 5 Oct 2026
- Romania 2 articles · from 5 Oct 2026
- Senegal 2 articles · from 9 Oct 2026
- Venezuela 2 articles · from 9 Oct 2026
What they wrote
A few headlines per day, in the outlets’ own words; the translation is ours when shown.
- United States · 10 Oct 2026 UAE Attorney‑General Says Flydubai Co‑Pilot Plotted 9/11‑Style ‘Suicide Attack’ on Ben Gurion Airport ↗
- United States · 10 Oct 2026 Attacker in FlyDubai Flight Meant to Crash Into Israeli Airport, Emiratis Say ↗
- Austria · 10 Oct 2026 Flydubai-Co-Pilot plante Anschlag auf Flughafen Tel Aviv ↗
- United States · 10 Oct 2026 FlyDubai co-pilot intended to crash plane into Tel Aviv airport, UAE prosecutor says ↗
- Senegal · 9 Oct 2026 Vol flydubai : un copilote accusé d’avoir préparé un attentat contre l’aéroport de Tel-Aviv ↗
- Venezuela · 9 Oct 2026 Copiloto de Flydubai planeaba estrellar avión en Tel Aviv en un atentado suicida inspirado en el 11-S ↗
- Senegal · 9 Oct 2026 Vol flydubai: le co-pilote omanais planifiait une attaque suicide sur l'aéroport de Tel Aviv (procureur) ↗
- Netherlands · 6 Oct 2026 Copiloot Flydubai wilde aanslag op collega al eerder plegen, maar toen vloog goede vriend mee ↗
- Austria · 6 Oct 2026 Flydubai-Copilot wollte Tel Aviver Airport treffen ↗
- Netherlands · 6 Oct 2026 Copiloot flydubai blies aanslag eerder af omdat een bekende meevloog ↗
- Austria · 6 Oct 2026 Flydubai-Copilot wollte Tel Aviver Flughafen treffen ↗
- Switzerland · 5 Oct 2026 Drame dans le cockpit: À bord du vol Flydubai vers Tel-Aviv, récit d’une catastrophe évitée ↗
- Australia · 5 Oct 2026 Details of accused hijack co-pilot’s Melbourne studies revealed ↗
- Netherlands · 5 Oct 2026 Piloot FlyDubai wilde eerder al vliegtuig laten neerstorten: hierom stelde hij terreurdaad op laatste moment uit ↗
- United States · 5 Oct 2026 FlyDubai co-pilot was likely lone wolf, Israeli investigators believe ↗
- Israel · 4 Oct 2026 Flydubai security failure: Who was supposed to vet the crew, and how did the system fail? ↗
- United Kingdom · 4 Oct 2026 Flydubai co-pilot’s time in Australia being investigated by security agencies after alleged cockpit attack ↗
- Israel · 4 Oct 2026 Flydubai attack exposes security gap: Israel vets private-flight pilots, not foreign airline crews ↗
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