Netanyahu Orders Security Review After Terror Plot at Ben Gurion Airport
Translated & summarized from JDN by baba
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Netanyahu ordered a review of civilian aviation security.
- A foreign pilot confessed to planning an attack on Ben Gurion Airport.
- The pilot's plan was to crash his plane during landing.
- Security vulnerabilities in monitoring foreign aircrews were exposed.
- An official in charge of aviation security was found to hold multiple jobs.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the head of the National Security Council to appoint a special inspector to re-examine all security aspects related to foreign civilian aviation operating in Israel. This directive follows the exposure of significant security failures, particularly in light of a serious development in the investigation of a foreign pilot. The pilot confessed to investigators that he had planned to crash his aircraft into Ben Gurion Airport, revealing major gaps in the monitoring and security procedures for foreign aircrews.
Details emerging from the investigation indicate the pilot had been planning the attack for a long time, carefully selecting the airport as the "best" target. He also revealed that he had intended to carry out the attack in July but postponed it because he knew a crew member on the plane. The pilot chose to target Ben Gurion Airport specifically to disguise his approach as a normal landing, thereby preventing interception.
In parallel, it was revealed that Dvir Rubinstein, who serves as the Director of the Aviation Security Operations Center in the Ministry of Transport and has spoken to the media as an authorized representative, is not a state employee and holds other concurrent positions. These revelations have heightened concerns within the security establishment, prompting the decision for a comprehensive review of security and oversight procedures in civilian aviation.
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