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[Regnum] Israel is conducting an investigation to determine who handled the pilot who assaulted a colleague on board a FlyDubai flight. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced this on October 2.
"As time goes by, the picture becomes clearer: the attacker was radicalized and his goal was to crash the plane with all the passengers on board, " Netanyahu said in a video address to the nation released by his office.
He stressed that whoever supervised the actions of the attacking pilot will pay a high price.
The incident on board Flydubai passenger flight FZ1073 occurred on September 30. The plane, carrying 180 passengers and en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv, signaled an emergency and hijacked the aircraft. The flight then diverted and landed at an airport in Saudi Arabia.
A fight broke out on board between the pilots, both Omani and UAE nationals. One of the pilots attempted to provoke a plane crash, but his co-pilot intervened. During the altercation, one pilot was stabbed and lost consciousness. Israeli journalist Amit Segal reported that both pilots were hospitalized. The stabbed pilot was placed on a ventilator.
One of the passengers, dentist Shota Musayev, personally participated in the neutralization of the pilot who had attacked a colleague with a knife. The doctor reported that he restrained and bound the Omani using zip ties and headphone cables, after which he immediately went to the cockpit to provide emergency medical assistance to the injured pilot. It was later revealed that he was a native of the USSR and a Moscow lover.
According to the newspaper Israel Hayom, two pilots—one from Russia and one from Ukraine —helped land the plane. They were traveling as passengers. This information has not been officially confirmed.
Netanyahu later stated that Israel may join the investigation into the incident. WAM also noted that the UAE is considering an attempted terrorist attack as the cause of the Flydubai incident, but is not ruling out a psychological factor.
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Footage has emerged of panic on a Flydubai plane where pilots clashed.
Video captured the onset of panic among passengers on a Flydubai flight, where one pilot attacked another with a knife. The footage was published on October 2 by the Israeli television channel i24 on social media.
The video captures the screams of terrified people, while the plane's crew attempts to understand the situation and calm the passengers.
Later, a man with blood stains on his clothes appears in the frame.
The incident on board Flydubai passenger flight FZ1073 occurred on September 30. The plane, carrying 180 passengers and en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv, signaled an emergency and hijacked the aircraft. The flight then diverted and landed at an airport in Saudi Arabia.
According to preliminary reports, a fight broke out on board between the pilots, both Omani and UAE nationals. One of the pilots attempted to provoke a plane crash, but his co-pilot intervened. During the altercation, one pilot was stabbed and lost consciousness. Israeli journalist Amit Segal reported that both pilots were hospitalized. The stabbed pilot was placed on a ventilator.
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