Flydubai suspends flights to Israel for six days

Flydubai flights to Israel will be suspended from the morning of October 1 for six days after the incident on the plane en route to Tel Aviv. It's from sb.by.

According to Israeli TV Channel 12, instead of Flydubai, flights from the UAE to Tel Aviv will be carried out by Israeli airlines with enhanced security on board until the investigation into the incident is completed. The channel claims that this step was agreed with the President of the UAE Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, with whom earlier on September 30 held a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Earlier, the Ynet portal, citing an Israeli source, claimed that the Israeli authorities do not intend to suspend Flydubai flights after the incident on board. Earlier, according to the 12th channel of the Israeli TV, the Minister of transport of the Jewish state Miri Regev demanded to suspend Flydubai flights to the country after the flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv signaled capture, and later landed in Saudi Arabia.

The incident occurred on September 30, with a Flydubai passenger plane initially signalling a hijacking. The aircraft later landed in Saudi Arabia, changing course. Flydubai said all passengers were safe. As reported by Israeli media, the cause of the incident was a fight between two pilots. One of the pilots was stabbed. Israeli TV Channel 14 reported that the plane was operated by pilots from the UAE and Oman. According to him, the culprit of the incident was an Omani — he could deliberately try to arrange a plane crash. The co-pilot prevented it. According to the Ynet portal, law enforcement officers are checking all available information, one of the priority versions now is the attempted suicide of one of the pilots, which could have a terrorist motive.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz described the incident on board the airliner as an attempted terrorist attack. The US Department of Justice announced its participation in the investigation of the incident with the Flydubai aircraft

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