Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview with Fox News that the Omani co-pilot on the Flydubai flight exploited a "loophole" in rules prohibiting pilots from countries without diplomatic relations with Israel from flying planes to Israel. According to him, "He was an Omani citizen, and we have restrictions stating that pilots from countries without diplomatic relations with Israel cannot be employed. It turns out he managed to bypass this. In other words, there is a loophole here. We need to ensure we conduct pre-screening of pilots."