BND - UAE says Flydubai co-pilot planned 9/11-style attack on Tel Aviv Airport

🗞️ Story file #300

UAE says Flydubai co-pilot planned 9/11-style attack on Tel Aviv Airport

Oct 9, 5 PM ET to Oct 12, 4 PM ET

18outlets carried it
🫏5 · 5 · 8🐘left · center · right
3 dayson the front pages
17front pages at once, at its peak
2 minof TV captions
2radio newscasts
4 of 4parts of a saga

👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.

Oct 9, 5 PM ETfirst on a front page: The Guardian
Oct 9, 6 PM ETfirst on TV: BBC News
Oct 9, 9 PM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
Oct 10, 2 PM ETpeak: on 17 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 9, 5 PM to Oct 12, 4 PM ET (peak 17), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right

Who carried it and when: each outlet in the order it picked the story up, a bar for each headline from when we first saw it on the front page to when we last did, in the outlet's lean color (dashed: not rated); a dot marks a new headline. Beneath, its captions on TV, the radio newscasts that carried it (bigger: the lead) and when people were found retelling it. Hover for details.

📌 linked by aggregators: Google News

💬 quoted: “Suicide Attack” “Greatest Possible Number of Casualties”

🗣️ only one side says: 🐘 ben gurion airport 🐘 9 11 🐘 hijacker planned

✏️ 2 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

Breitbart (3 wordings): “UAE Attorney General Says Flydubai Co‑Pilot Plotted 9/11‑Style ‘Suicide Attack’ on Ben Gurion Airport” → “UAE AG: Flydubai Co‑Pilot Plotted 9/11‑Style ‘Suicide Attack’ on Ben Gurion”
Washington Examiner (2 wordings): “Flydubai hijacker planned to crash plane into Ben Gurion Airport, UAE says” → “Flydubai hijacker planned to crash plane into Ben Gurion Airport”

Every outlet's first headline (18), left to right by AllSides rating

HuffPost FlyDubai Co-Pilot Intended To Crash Plane Into Tel Aviv Airport, UAE Prosecutor Says Oct 9, 7 PM ET
The Guardian Co-pilot planned suicide attack on Israeli airport, UAE prosecutors say Oct 9, 5 PM ET
CNN Alleged Flydubai hijacker said 9/11 attacks spurred him to become a pilot, early investigation finds Oct 9, 3 PM ET
Mediaite Authorities Say Flydubai Hijacker Was Inspired by 9/11 Attacks and Wanted: ‘Greatest Possible Number of Casualties’ Oct 9, 3 PM ET
New York Times Attacker in FlyDubai Flight Meant to Crash Into Israeli Airport, Emiratis Say Oct 9, 4 PM ET
Bloomberg FlyDubai Co-Pilot Scoped Out Tel Aviv Twice Before Attack Oct 9, 3 PM ET
News Nation Alleged Flydubai hijacker inspired by 9/11 attacks: Investigation Oct 9, 5 PM ET
Newsweek Flydubai Pilot Planned 9/11-Inspired Attack on Tel Aviv Airport, UAE Says Oct 12, 5 AM ET
Reuters UAE says Omani flydubai co-pilot planned suicide attack on Tel Aviv flight Oct 9, 3 PM ET
The Hill UAE says Flydubai suspect intended to crash plane into Tel Aviv airport Oct 10, 9 AM ET
Just the News UAE says attacker in FlyDubai flight meant to crash into Israel's Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv Oct 9, 9 PM ET
Washington Examiner Flydubai hijacker planned to crash plane into Ben Gurion Airport, UAE says Oct 9, 4 PM ET
Breitbart UAE Attorney General Says Flydubai Co‑Pilot Plotted 9/11‑Style ‘Suicide Attack’ on Ben Gurion Airport Oct 10, 10 AM ET
IJR UAE prosecutors say Omani co-pilot tried to crash Flydubai jet into Tel Aviv Oct 9, 4 PM ET
New York Post Flydubai co-pilot was inspired by 9/11 when he planned to crash into Israeli airport terminal: officials Oct 9, 4 PM ET
Newsmax UAE: Co-Pilot Planned Ben Gurion Airport Attack Oct 9, 7 PM ET
OAN Flydubai co-pilot intended to crash plane into Tel Aviv Airport, inspired by 9/11 Oct 10, 2 PM ET
The Daily Wire Terrorist Hijacker Planned 9/11-Style Attack On Israeli Airport Oct 10, 1 PM ET

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

BBC News64 s

Fox News62 s

Pilot among three Saudis killed at Riyadh airport BBC News, 64 s
AIRPORT ATTACK Fox News, 33 s
UAE PROSECUTORS SAY FLYDUBAI CO-PILOT PLANNED TEL AVIV AIRPORT ATTACK Fox News, 29 s