Netanyahu ordered to check foreign flights after the incident with flydubai
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the incident on board the flydubai plane instructed the head of the National Security Council (NSC) Shmuel Ben-Ezra to appoint an inspector to check the safety of foreign civil aviation operating flights to Israel, the prime minister’s office said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the incident on board the flydubai plane instructed the head of the National Security Council (NSC) Shmuel Ben-Ezra to appoint an inspector to check the safety of foreign civil aviation operating flights to Israel, the prime minister’s office said.
“Netanyahu instructed the head of the National Security Council to appoint an inspector to conduct a thorough review of all aspects of the security of foreign civil aviation flying to Israel,” the statement said.
On the morning of September 30, a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv carrying 174 passengers, including 27 children, signaled an emergency and possible seizure.
Co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami attacked Commander Smith Machhar in the cockpit, after which the plane began to lose altitude. Machar was able to open the cockpit door. The ship subsequently landed in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. Both pilots were hospitalized.
UAE Attorney General Hamad Saif Al-Shamsi on October 3 reported that the investigation revealed an attempt by Al-Hammami to carry out a terrorist operation: according to him, the co-pilot attacked the commander with an emergency axe and tried to seize control of the aircraft.
According to Israeli media, during questioning, al-Hammami said he planned to fly the plane to the Ben-Gurion airport terminal and planned the attack even before he was employed by flydubai.
