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Flydubai axe attack and missing medical plane dominate aviation news

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Two aviation stories are drawing attention. A flydubai co-pilot attacked his captain with the cockpit's crash ax in what UAE officials call an attempted terrorist attack; reports say he had been flagged over extremism concerns and barred from flying in Oman, with Israeli officials set to question him. Separately, the US Coast Guard is searching off Nantucket for a missing Ontario air ambulance jet carrying six people.

Why now: A rare in-flight attack by a co-pilot plus an urgent search for a missing medical jet are unfolding simultaneously

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• Aircraft reportedly declared emergency before losing contact · WPRI.com
• ‘You’re coming in blind?’ Medical plane flying to Boston from Bermuda declares emergency before going missing. · The Boston Globe
• Search Underway for Missing Plane Heading From Bermuda Off Nantucket · The New York Times
• Coast Guard searches off Nantucket for missing medical transport aircraft with 6 aboard · CNN
• How FlyDubai Passengers and Crew Averted Disaster After Pilot Was Stabbed During Flight · The New York Times
• Terrorist images found on Flydubai suspect’s social media · CNN
• FlyDubai Co-Pilot Used Crash Ax in Attack, Says U.A.E. · WSJ
• Coast Guard searching for missing medical plane off Nantucket · NBC Boston
• Flydubai pilot attacked captain with cockpit’s crash ax in attempted terrorist attack, UAE official says · NBC News
• Ontario air ambulance jet carrying six missing off U.S. coast · CTV News
• Suspect in flydubai attack was barred from flying in Oman: Media · The Straits Times
• Israeli officials to question co-pilot of flydubai flight, source says · CNA

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