Co-pilot who stabbed hero Indian pilot was banned from flying in Oman over radicalisation: Report

The Omani co-pilot who stabbed hero Indian Captain Smit Machchhar aboard the flydubai flight and sent the flight diving towards ground had previously been banned from flying by Oman. He was banned over concerns that he had been radicalised, WSJ reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu earlier said the co-pilot had undergone "Islamist radical indoctrination."