Dubai Flight Attack Renews Questions of Airline Safety in America

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Hamam al-Hammami, the co-pilot who, authorities say, attacked the captain of a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv in a failed attempt to take over the plane, is being questions about his motive amid reports he had been radicalized and banned from flying in his native Oman. The shocking attack has renewed post-9/11 questions about security and raised concerns over how pilots themselves are screened. NBC’s Tom Costello reports in this week’s Sunday Focus on airline safety in America.

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