Shin Bet Warned of Aviation Security Lapses; Pilot Allegedly Planned Attack
Translated & summarized from TheMarker by baba
The story in 4 lines · by baba
- Shin Bet alerted Ministry of Transport to aviation security flaws.
- Ministry of Transport rejected proposed oversight transfer.
- A Flydubai co-pilot allegedly planned an attack.
- The co-pilot gathered intelligence on prior flights to Israel.
Sources revealed that the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) repeatedly alerted the Ministry of Transport in recent years to vulnerabilities in monitoring flight crews and passenger identities. The security service recommended transferring oversight of foreign flights and personnel lists to the Civil Aviation Authority, a recommendation also made in a National Insurance Institute report last year. However, the Ministry of Transport opposed this move, retaining control over the monitoring mechanism.
According to a Channel 12 report, the co-pilot of a Flydubai flight had gathered intelligence on previous flights to Israel and had considered carrying out an attack on a flight that departed in July.
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