🧵 Saga file #4
Flydubai co-pilot suicide attack
Oct 2, 5 PM ET to Oct 12, 4 PM ET
- 4parts so far
- 48outlets carried a part
- 🫏18 · 12 · 17🐘left · center · right
- 9.9 daysrunning so far
- 33 minof TV captions
- 15radio newscasts
🧵 One running story, told across days: each part is a story of its own on the front pages, joined to the others because our tools judged them one case, event or investigation as it developed. A part can be joined wrongly; the saga tracker says how they're made.
- Oct 5, 7 AM ET · on the front pages 13 hoursAustralian authorities investigate Flydubai co-pilot's ties to country
- Oct 2, 5 PM ET · on the front pages 4.6 daysFlyDubai co-pilot attacked captain with crash axe in attempted terrorist attack
- Oct 7, 6 AM ET · on the front pages 3 hoursFlyDubai co-pilot had flight training in New Zealand
- Oct 9, 5 PM ET · on the front pages 3 daysUAE says Flydubai co-pilot planned 9/11-style attack on Tel Aviv Airport
📰 Spread
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🧩 The parts
each one opens its own page
1. Australian authorities investigate Flydubai co-pilot's ties to country
Oct 5, 7 AM ET · 7 outlets · on the front pages 13 hours
“Co-pilot’s time in Australia being investigated by security agencies after alleged cockpit attack” first: The Guardian
2. FlyDubai co-pilot attacked captain with crash axe in attempted terrorist attack
Oct 2, 5 PM ET · 47 outlets · on the front pages 4.6 days
“FlyDubai flight passenger details treating wounded pilot after tying up suspect” first: ABC News, CNN, Chicago Tribune, Fox News, NBC News, New York Post, Newsmax, PBS NewsHour, Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty, Reuters, The Christian Science Monitor, The Gateway Pundit, The Hill, Time, Townhall, Washington Examiner, Yahoo News
📺 Fox News 12 min, CNN 11 min, BBC News 8 min · 📻 13 newscasts
3. FlyDubai co-pilot had flight training in New Zealand
Oct 7, 6 AM ET · 6 outlets · on the front pages 3 hours
“Flydubai co-pilot completed portion of his flight training in New Zealand, police says” first: Reuters
4. UAE says Flydubai co-pilot planned 9/11-style attack on Tel Aviv Airport
Oct 9, 5 PM ET · 18 outlets · on the front pages 3 days
“FlyDubai Co-Pilot Scoped Out Tel Aviv Twice Before Attack” first: Bloomberg, CNN, Mediaite, Reuters
📺 BBC News 64 s, Fox News 62 s · 📻 2 newscasts
🧩 How it's been told
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🧶 Retelling
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🦗 Nobody's retelling any part of it online yet, as far as the daily report can tell.