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Proof: Co-pilot on Flydubai flight was banned from flying by Oman for holding extremist views

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-03T06:22:46Z","headline":"Co-pilot on Flydubai flight was banned from flying by Oman for holding extremist views","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"france24","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20261003-co-pilot-on-flydubai-flight-was-banned-from-flying-by-oman-for-holding-extremist-views","v":1}

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e511a0a9cdf600f04ebda6f23271f60a6f7c65d5bff2dc3579e8ce3fee9ab92a

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969687, mined 2026-10-03 06:34 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-03 06:29 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-03 06:49 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-e511a0a9cdf6.json prints e511a0a9cdf600f04ebda6f23271f60a6f7c65d5bff2dc3579e8ce3fee9ab92a. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-e511a0a9cdf6.json and headline-e511a0a9cdf6.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-e511a0a9cdf6.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 4 min after it was first seen.