Transportation Ministry Defends Security After Flydubai Crew Incident
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- Ministry relied on Flydubai's security declarations for crew.
- Crew names were not provided to the ministry in advance.
- Ministry stated it is not an intelligence agency.
- No certainty exists regarding pilots from hostile nations landing.
- Absolute security would require halting all air travel.
The security division of Israel's Transportation Ministry stated that the names of the Flydubai flight crew were not provided to them in advance. The ministry relies on declarations from the foreign airline regarding security checks performed on its personnel. "We are not an intelligence body that checks the intelligence background of foreign individuals. We do not have forces abroad, we do not have staff to check every person there," a ministry representative explained during a press briefing. When asked how many pilots from hostile countries had landed in Israel, the Civil Aviation Authority lacked a definitive answer, estimating that there had been none but admitting, "We don't have certainty. There is no 100% security; we would have to stop aviation for that, and then everything would be safe."
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