警方证实，正在调查该男子在被控试图实施恐怖袭击之前，据报曾在澳大利亚停留的一段时期。澳大利亚安全机构已启动调查。
此前有消息称，flydubai一名副驾驶据称曾试图劫持飞往以色列的航班，但在澳大利亚以学生身份停留了约两年。
Police confirm investigation into period the man reportedly spent in Australia before alleged attempted terrorist attack Australian security agencies have launched an investigation after it emerged that the flydubai co-pilot who allegedly tried to hijack an Israel-bound flight spent about two years in the country as a student.
灾难在周三侥幸避免：乘客和机组人员及时介入，阻止了副驾驶接管这架飞往特拉维夫的flydubai航班。
机上共有182人，航班在短短30多秒内骤降了16,625英尺（5,067米）。获取我们的突发新闻邮件、免费应用或每日新闻播客。
Disaster was narrowly averted on Wednesday when passengers and crew intervened to stop the co-pilot’s attempt to take control of the flydubai flight to Tel Aviv, which had 182 people onboard and plunged 16,625 feet (5,067 metres) in just over 30 seconds.