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Netanyahu Orders Urgent Security Review After Flydubai Cockpit Attack
- •Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a security review of international flights to Israel following an Omani co-pilot's attempt to crash an Israel-bound flight from Dubai.
- •The Head of the National Security Council, Shmuel Ben Ezra, will appoint an examiner to review all security aspects of foreign civil aviation to Israel.
- •UAE authorities shared passenger and crew lists for the FlyDubai flight where the co-pilot attempted to seize control, raising questions about how the attacker evaded detection.
- •Preliminary details indicate the Omani co-pilot was previously barred from flying by his own country due to extremist views, and it's unclear how he was allowed to fly to Tel Aviv.
- •The UAE, leading the investigation, stated the co-pilot attacked the captain with a crash ax in a "terrorist attack," nearly crashing the plane with 182 people before the captain and passengers subdued him.
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Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a thorough security review of all foreign civil aviation to Israel following an attempt by an Omani co-pilot to crash an Israel-bound flydubai flight from Dubai.
The UAE labeled the incident a terrorist attack after an Omani co-pilot attacked the flight's captain with a crash ax and tried to take control of the plummeting plane. The attack was thwarted when the Indian captain managed to open the cockpit door, allowing passengers to subdue the attacker.
Preliminary findings revealed that the Omani co-pilot had previously been barred from flying by his own country due to concerns over extremist views. Additionally, questions were raised about how a citizen from Oman—a country with no diplomatic relations with Israel—was permitted to fly a plane filled with Israeli passengers to Tel Aviv.
