Commentator Amit Segal Reacts to Dramatic Report of Foiled Air Attack
Translated & summarized from Srugim by baba
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- Omani co-pilot confessed to planning to crash plane into Ben Gurion Airport terminal.
- Attack was planned for the final moments before landing.
- Israeli passengers reportedly stormed the cockpit and subdued the co-pilot.
- Commentator Amit Segal described the foiled plot as 'chilling'.
Commentator Amit Segal described as "chilling" the revelations from the investigation into a foiled aerial terror attack. According to Segal's report, the Omani co-pilot confessed during questioning that he had planned to crash the passenger plane directly into the terminal building at Ben Gurion Airport in the final seconds before landing, a time when interception would have been impossible. The co-pilot reportedly attacked the captain only when they were over Jordan, very close to Israeli airspace. The dramatic incident concluded miraculously, with Israeli passengers on board noticing the events, breaking into the cockpit, neutralizing the Omani co-pilot, and preventing a major disaster. Segal posed a chilling question: "How many people were at Ben Gurion Airport on Wednesday at 11 AM? How many of them would have been killed in the crash of a passenger plane onto the terminal?"
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