Australia Investigates a Flydubai Co-Pilot Who Tried to Take the Controls

The BBC reports that state police and Australia's security agency are looking into a Flydubai co-pilot who attempted to take control of a plane travelling to Israel. The inquiry concerns the man's links to the country.

Cockpit crew are the people the rest of aviation security is designed to trust. An alleged attempt from inside the flight deck — before any question of luggage, lists or screening — is the kind of case that makes the trust itself the thing being audited.