Dhaka, Oct. 4 -- A pro-Al Qaeda publication has called for copycat attacks targeting Americans and Israelis on planes, while referencing last week's cockpit assault aboard a Flydubai flight and the Sept 11, 2001 attacks.

The warning appeared in the latest edition of al-Bayan, a weekly Arabic-language publication launched in July by pro-Al Qaeda supporters, India Today reports.

It referred to the Sept 30 attempted takeover of Flydubai Flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv and called for attacks on planes carrying Americans, Israelis and others it described as fighting Islam.

The publication accompanied the message with an image of a plane crashing into the Twin Towers in New York during the 9/11 attacks, alongside another image referenci...