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On 30 September, the co-pilot allegedly attacked the pilot and tried to seize control of a Tel Aviv-bound flight with 182 people aboard. Passengers and a reserve pilot regained control and landed in Saudi Arabia; investigators now include New Zealand authorities.
People aboard the flydubai flight
UAE prosecutors say Hamam al-Hammami admitted acting alone in a planned suicide attack to crash FZ1073 at Ben Gurion Airport. After the incident, Israel reportedly barred crew with nationalities from 31 countries from flights into or over Israel; Air France said it would comply.
The plane lost about 16,000 feet of altitude during the reported fight.
The UN reported on the continuing health and social effects of nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands, condemned an alleged attempted attack on a FlyDubai flight, warned about worsening humanitarian risks in Ukraine, and described expanded breast-cancer services in the West Bank.
67 known nuclear tests were conducted in the Marshall Islands between 1946 and 1958.