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Who Has Jurisdiction Over the Flydubai FZ1073 Attack?
UAE Holds Primary Jurisdiction Over Flydubai FZ1073 Attack, But Five Nations Stake a Claim.
An alleged mid-air terror plot aboard Flydubai Flight FZ1073 — in which the co-pilot is accused of attempting to crash the aircraft before it reached Tel Aviv — has triggered a rare, multi-country jurisdictional contest, pulling in aviation treaty law, counter-terrorism statutes, and competing national interests across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Oman, and India.