Flydubai flight: the co-pilot was targeting Ben Gurion airport's terminal, the UAE prosecutor says
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More divergent than 26% of recent comparable stories (reference: 90 recent stories measured with the same method).
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FranceParis weighs the statement from the Emirati prosecutor's office: the French press relays the accusation of a suicide attack on Ben-Gourion, but stops at the "lone" suspect that the investigation still needs to verify.
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GermanyBerlin has taken away from the Flydubai case a security flaw: a co-pilot who passed all checks was able to prepare a suicide attack, and Israel is already tightening the verification of foreign pilots.
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Single source
the account is based on the statement from the Emirati prosecutor's office, reproduced without a counter-source in the pool.
Divergent description of the weapon
the articles do not agree on the knife or the axe, without the discrepancy being noted.
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GermanySecurity
the story highlights the recruitment checks that passed without raising any alerts.
Based on a single source
the story of the co-pilot's intentions relies on the communication from the Emirati prosecutor's office relayed by WAM.
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this press does not report this figure
Loss of altitude of the flight in 30 seconds
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only one reports itapproximately 4,300 metres in 30 seconds