Israel Suspects Flydubai Incident Was Terror Attack
Translated & summarized from Mignews by baba
Israeli defense officials increasingly suspect a Flydubai flight's emergency landing in Saudi Arabia was a terrorist act after a physical altercation between pilots, involving a knife, caused a rapid altitude loss. Passengers subdued the assailant pilot, and Israel is working to retrieve its citizens.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Israeli defense chiefs suspect Flydubai flight incident was terror attack.
- A fight between pilots, involving a knife, caused rapid altitude loss.
- Passengers intervened to subdue the attacking pilot.
- The flight made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
- Israel is sending aircraft to retrieve passengers.
Israeli defense chiefs, including the heads of the IDF, Shin Bet, and Mossad, increasingly suspect that an incident aboard a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Ben Gurion Airport was a terrorist act. The flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after a physical altercation erupted between the captain and co-pilot. Reports indicate one pilot used a knife, causing the aircraft to rapidly lose altitude, dropping nearly 17,400 feet in just two minutes. Several passengers intervened, entering the cockpit to subdue the assailant pilot and avert a larger disaster. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Defense Minister have held urgent meetings with security officials. Israeli authorities are investigating the pilot's background and motives, exploring possibilities that he intended to crash the plane or hijack it. Flydubai confirmed an "unusual situation" on the flight, stating all passengers are safe and accommodated in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. Israeli military aircraft have been dispatched to Saudi Arabia to retrieve the passengers.
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