TEL AVIV, Israel: Prior to the FlyDubai flight on which a pilot attempted to take control of the aircraft and crash it, authorities in the United Arab Emirates shared a list of passengers and crew with Israel, according to regional officials on Sunday. This raises new questions about how the attacker avoided detection.
The head of the National Security Council was later instructed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to designate an examiner to assess “all security aspects regarding foreign civil aviation to Israel.” Preliminary information from the FlyDubai incident investigation has revealed a number of significant security flaws. According to officials, the Omani co-pilot was already prohibited from flying by his own nation due to his extreme beliefs. Furthermore, it is still unknown how a citizen of Oman, an Arab nation with no diplomatic ties to Israel, was permitted to transport a large group of Israelis to Tel Aviv.
The UAE, which is in charge of the inquiry, claimed that the co-pilot attempted to seize control of the falling aircraft on Wednesday and attacked the flight’s captain with the crash axe in the cockpit in a “terrorist attack.” Before the Indian captain was able to open the cockpit door and let passengers and others to rush in and subdue the assailant, his actions almost brought down the aircraft carrying 182 people.
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