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Israel PM says pilot of rerouted flight tried to crash plane
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that the pilot of a Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight had tried to crash the plane and kill its passengers, after the aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. Passengers gave a similar account of the incident on board, de
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What the coverage shows
All four outlets center the same basic claim that a flight from Dubai toward Israel was diverted after reports that one pilot stabbed the other, with 60 Minutes and The Independent also foregrounding the dramatic 17,000-foot drop. BBC News and CNN frame the story more cautiously through passenger or family accounts, while The Independent alone adds the Israeli officials’ characterization of the incident as an attempted jihadi terrorist attack.
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