Tel Aviv, Oct. 1 -- The Omani co-pilot who attacked Captain Smit Machchhar aboard Wednesday's Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight had posted content on social media about killing Jewish people, an Israeli official told The Times of Israel.

According to The Times of Israel, the official cited conversations with passengers on board the aircraft, revealing that the attacker actively asked Emirati crew members to kill him while the altercation unfolded in the flight deck.

"This was a person who was willing to commit suicide," the official told The Times of Israel. "His social media accounts [say] clearly that he has been radicalised into jihadist ideology. He talks about killing Jews."

Evaluating the co-pilot's intent, the official pointed out ...