Flydubai flight: the UAE calls it a "terrorist act", the co-pilot allegedly attacked the captain with an axe
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BrazilBrasília is particularly focused on the security aspect of the incident: a radicalized co-pilot, an emergency axe in the cockpit, and the question of his hiring despite a flying ban in Oman.
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MalaysiaKuala Lumpur is relaying the "terrorist act" qualification made by the Emirati prosecutor's office, sticking to the investigation facts and noting that the motive remains unknown.
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the account highlights the Emirati qualification of the event as a terrorist act.
Relies on agencies
the co-pilot's identity is based on a single source cited by Reuters, repeated without local corroboration.
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MalaysiaRelies on the state agency
the terrorist qualification is presented as transmitted by WAM, without an independent second look.
Omission of the motive
the account stops at the qualification and does not propose any hypothesis on the motivations.