Israel Vows to Find Root Cause of Plane Attack as UAE Investigates – Axadle
Israeli officials said the co-pilot likely acted alone as investigators examine whether the attack involved prior planning or terrorist activity.
- On Wednesday, Flydubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, after the co-pilot attacked the captain and the plane plunged nearly 14,000 feet in less than 30 seconds.
- Israeli officials said on Thursday that their initial assessment suggests the co-pilot, an Omani national, acted alone, though the investigation remains ongoing in Saudi Arabia.
- After the wounded Captain Smit Machchhar unlocked the cockpit door, passengers including Yaniv Hayun subdued the attacker; Hayun later told reporters he helped steer the aircraft to safety.
- UAE judicial authorities are investigating whether the incident involved "prior planning or direction," while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the event as "a serious security incident."
- The event heightened security fears in Israel weeks before the first election since the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attacks, though security officials stated Israel has not identified any Iranian involvement so far.
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After the violence on a Flydubai flight to Tel Aviv, the investigations are underway, as was the case in the cockpit. Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu assumes an Islamist radicalization of the copilot.
The Israeli Prime Minister said that the flydubai co-pilot who attacked the plane's captain was subjected to 'radical Islamist indoctrination'.
The pilot of the Flydubai machine was subjected to an "Islamic indoctrination," Israel's President Netanyahu says. Connections with Iran are being examined.
Israel vows to get to root of flydubai attack, no motive yet determined
By Alexander CornwellJERUSALEM, Oct 1 (Reuters) - No motive has yet been determined for an apparent attempt to crash a passenger jet on its way to Israel, and an initial assessment suggested the co-pilot who stabbed the captain acted alone, Israeli officials said on Thursday. Disaster was averted on Wednesday's flydubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv after the wounded captain managed to unlock the cockpit door, allowing passengers to subdu…
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