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Pilot ‘attacked co-pilot with axe’ in cockpit on Israel flight before being restrained by passengers

Two Israeli security officials said Israel's initial assessment was that the co-pilot, identified by Israel as an Omani national, was likely acting alone

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What the coverage shows

All four outlets frame the story as an in-flight attack or attempted hijacking on a Dubai-to-Israel or Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight, with passengers and crew regaining control. CBS News leans hardest on passenger video and eyewitness aftermath, while NBC News foregrounds the frightening sensory details in its headline and the uncertainty about motive in its extract. The Independent is the only outlet to mention an axe and to quote Israeli security officials about an initial assessment, and Breaking Points is the only one to describe it as a brawl and say the flight was “hijacked.”

Written by Crossfiled from the 6 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.

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