flydubai incident LIVE: Indian pilot, Israeli passengers managed to ‘prevent 9/11 disaster’, says Netanyahu

flydubai incident LIVE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Israel will investigate the "root" of the co-pilot involved in the foiled attempt to crash a flydubai flight bound for Israel. He added that Israel will "possibly" take part in the probe into the incident.

Key Events

• 3 Mins agoPilots prevented another 9/11 disaster, says Israel's Netanyahu
• 10 Mins agoFlydubai flights to Israel halted over copilot's Omani background: Report
• 21 Mins agoWho is Smit Machchhar, the ‘hero’ Indian pilot?
• 31 Mins agoNetanyahu says probe to ascertain if Iran had role in 'crash attempt'

flydubai incident LIVE: A FlyDubai aircraft carrying Israelis who experienced an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia is seen parked at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel.

flydubai incident LIVE: Passengers aboard a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv arrived safely in Israel on Wednesday after passengers and crew stopped a co-pilot's alleged attempt to crash the aircraft, Israeli officials said. The incident took place when the co-pilot stabbed the pilot and sent the aircraft plunging nearly 14,000 feet (4,267 m) in less than 30 seconds....Read More

Flydubai said earlier that the reasons behind the incident were still unclear and urged people to avoid "premature speculation."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Israel would investigate the "root" of the co-pilot involved in the foiled attempt to crash the flydubai flight bound for Israel. He also said Israel would "possibly" take part in the investigation.

"We'll get to the root of this attacker, whether he had accomplices, whether Iran was behind it. I think we'll find out very soon," Netanyahu said in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity on the network's "Hannity" program.

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Oct 1, 2026, 10:20:58 IST

flydubai incident LIVE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in an interview with CNN, praised the heroes who helped avert a ‘9/11 disaster’ after a suspected attempt to crash a flydubai flight bound for Israel on Wednesday.

“The amazing heroism here of the Indian pilot, the Israeli passenger and his colleagues, and those pilots managed to prevent a 9/11 disaster, because that’s what it looks like was happening,” he said.

Oct 1, 2026, 10:14:18 IST

flydubai incident LIVE: Israeli transportation minister Miri Regev on Wednesday asked the Shin Bet (Israel security agency) to suspend all flydubai flights entering or leaving the country following the suspected attempted hijacking of a passenger aircraft travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv, a source in the ministry told The Jerusalem Post.

The request came after unverified reports suggested that the co-pilot suspected of attempting to hijack the aircraft may be of Omani origin. Israeli sources later told the Post that initial investigations indicated that the suspected hijacker was believed to be an Omani national.

Flydubai’s agreement to operate in Israel specifically requires all pilots to be nationals of countries that have normalised relations with Israel. Oman is not among those countries.

Oct 1, 2026, 10:03:16 IST

flydubai incident LIVE: Smit Machchhar has served as a captain on flydubai's Boeing 737 fleet since June 2022, according to his LinkedIn profile. His profile shows 9,750 flying hours on the 737-800 and 737 MAX 8 and 9.

Machchhar is from Ghatkopar East in Mumbai and was living in Dubai for work, people aware of the matter told HT. Read more details here.

Oct 1, 2026, 09:53:03 IST

flydubai incident LIVE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Israel would investigate the "root" of the co-pilot involved in the foiled attempt to crash the flydubai flight bound for Israel. He also said Israel would "possibly" take part in the investigation.

"We'll get to the root of this attacker, whether he had accomplices, whether Iran was behind it. I think we'll find out very soon," Netanyahu said in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity on the network's "Hannity" program.

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