UAE Details FlyDubai Cockpit Attack

DubaiEmirati attorney general says co-pilot used crash ax.

Hamad Saif Al-Shamsi called it a terrorist operation to seize the flight controls of the UAE-Israel flight.

Crash axes are often kept behind the co-pilot, covered but unlocked, experts say, so access was relatively easy.

Israeli officials identified him as an Omani citizen, and no one has said whether he acted alone.

FlyDubai has suspended Tel Aviv flights until further notice, and the Emirati investigation continues.

Sources: The New York Times