Israel Restricts Foreign Airline Crews After Dubai Air Attempted Attack
Translated & summarized from Behadrei Haredim by baba
This decision follows an attempted attack on a Flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv. The policy affects crew members, including those with U.S. citizenship if they also hold citizenship from a listed country, expanding previous measures. United Airlines has already informed its staff about the new regulations.
The story in 4 lines · by baba
- Israel has restricted foreign airline crews with dual citizenship from 31 countries on flights to TLV.
- Crew members with U.S. citizenship could be affected if they also hold citizenship from a listed nation.
- The restrictions expand upon previous policies concerning crews from countries without diplomatic ties to Israel.
- United Airlines has notified its flight crews about the new regulations and their impact.
The new policy prohibits crew members holding dual citizenship from any of 31 listed countries from working on flights to Israel. This measure follows an attempted terrorist attack on a Flydubai flight en route to TLV.
The list of countries includes Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Brunei, Comoros, Cuba, Djibouti, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Venezuela, and Yemen. The directive means that even a crew member with citizenship from a country that has relations with Israel, such as the United States, could be barred if they also hold citizenship from one of the listed nations.
This policy expands upon existing regulations that already restricted crew members from countries with which Israel does not have diplomatic relations. The impact of these new restrictions has reached airline companies directly, with United Airlines distributing an internal memo to its pilots and flight attendants warning them of the new policy and its implications for working on flights to Israel.
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