Simon Calder: Risk of insider threat could overlap with pilot mental health
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Israel is investigating whether a suspected hijacking was part of a 9/11-style plot to crash a passenger jet into a skyscraper. A Flydubai plane from Dubai to Tel Aviv was forced into an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after a reported struggle for control between the two pilots. Security services in Israel believe the co-pilot stabbed his captain in an attempt to crash the plane in an Israeli city as part of a terror attack. Read more: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/09/30/pilot-stabbed-suspected-hijack-israel-bound-plane/ ► Sign up to the Telegraph's free new daily newsletter, From the Editor, bringing you the latest news, features and analysis from the Telegraph newsroom: www.telegraph.co.uk/customer/secure/newsletter/from-the-editor/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_youtube_telegraphmain ► Get the latest headlines: www.telegraph.co.uk?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_youtube_telegraphmain ► Stay ahead with a Telegraph digital subscription: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/customer/subsc
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