Netanyahu Claims Flydubai Co-Pilot Underwent ‘Islamist Radical Indoctrination’
Netanyahu said investigators are still probing the motive as passengers and crew overpowered the suspect after the aircraft entered a steep descent.
- On Wednesday, an Omani co-pilot allegedly stabbed Captain Smit Machchhar aboard a Flydubai flight carrying 174 people to Tel Aviv, forcing an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed on Thursday that the Omani co-pilot had undergone "Islamist, radical indoctrination" and appeared "clearly suicidal" during the mid-air attack.
- The Boeing 737 plunged more than 14,000 feet in less than 30 seconds after the attack, but Machchhar managed to open the cockpit door, allowing passengers to subdue the assailant.
- Authorities from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, India, and the United States are coordinating investigations, while the Indian Embassy confirmed that Machchhar is "in good health and recovering well."
- Israel is now reviewing security procedures for pilots flying into the country following the attack, as officials work to determine whether the incident involved terrorism or prior planning.
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An investigation has been launched into the mid-flight attack on a Flydubai flight to Israel's capital, Tel Aviv, over possible hijacking or terrorist activity. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that the co-pilot who stabbed Indian Captain Smit Machhar had been trained in radical ideology.
It was less than a minute that the plane took almost 5,000 meters to descend. Panic moments solved by the intervention of four passengers whose figure has already been elevated to that of national heroes for having avoided what could have ended in catastrophe. This ordeal happened on Wednesday, but every event has its precedents. The first, that a co-pilot with aspirations supposedly terrorists was part of the crew of a flight to Tel Aviv . The …
Breaking: Israel Says Hijacker 'Underwent Islamist Radical Indoctrination' Before Trying to Crash Plane of Jews
Israeli courage faced radical Islamic hatred in the sky over the Middle East on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says. The co-pilot of a flydubai plane bound for Tel […] The post Breaking: Israel Says Hijacker 'Underwent Islamist Radical Indoctrination' Before Trying to Crash Plane of Jews appeared first on The Western Journal.
According to the Prime Minister, the man was also clearly suicidal.
Flydubai copilot underwent Islamist radicalization: Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday said that the copilot who tried to crash a passenger jet carrying 174 people on its way to Israel had undergone Islamist radicalization.No motive has been determined for Wednesday’s harrowing near-disaster on flydubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Te
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that the co-pilot who stabbed the commander of a Flydubai plane in an apparent attempt to bring down the aircraft on the way to Israel had gone through radical Islamic indoctrination and had suicidal tendencies. Read also: Emirates investigate whether an attack on a flight to Israel had a connection with terrorism Israel will reinforce surveillance of pilots arriving in the country See v…
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