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From secret orders to fighter jets: How Israel responds to an in-flight terror attack

As details of the Dubai-bound attack remained scarce, the IDF prepared for a possible hijacking, a scenario it routinely drills; Air Force jets were scrambled to contain the threat; here are the IDF’s responses — and when a shootdown may be considered

Elisha Ben Kimon | 09.30.26

Israel suspends Flydubai flights for 6 days after suspected terror attack

Suspension could be extended as Israel investigates the cockpit attack; Regev says Flydubai breached aviation rules and demands Israeli carriers be allowed back to Dubai

Itamar Eichner, Iris Lifshitz-Klieger | 09.30.26

המפגש של הגיבור של טיסת הבלהות פליי דובאי עם ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו

‘I watch Air Crash Investigation’: Flydubai hero says TV show helped him take the controls

Yaniv Hayun told Netanyahu he pulled back on the aircraft’s controls after helping overpower the suspected attacker; the long-running documentary series reconstructs air disasters using cockpit recordings, testimony and accident reports

ynet | 09.30.26

Netanyahu speaks with MBZ after Flydubai attack as Israel reassesses UAE flight security

Netanyahu says he and Mohammed bin Zayed agreed to address aviation security; Shin Bet grants Israeli carriers several days of temporary approval to fly to the UAE using leased aircraft, as Regev pushes to suspend Flydubai

Itamar Eichner, Iris Lifshitz-Klieger | 09.30.26

המפגש של הגיבור יניב חיון של טיסת הבלהות פליי דובאי עם ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו

‘I grabbed him, choked him and pulled the controls’: Israeli recounts Flydubai cockpit fight

Yaniv Hayun, who returned to Israel with blood on his shirt, says he dragged the suspected attacker from the cockpit, then used his aviation experience to pull back on the controls until another pilot took over

Itamar Eichner | 09.30.26

שוטה מוסייב רופא ש הציל טייס דקור ב מטוס פליי דובאי

‘I came to fight him’: Israeli doctor fought Flydubai attacker, then saved wounded captain

Shota Musaev says he rushed forward after hearing screams, helped restrain the suspected attacker and then treated the badly bleeding captain: ‘If we hadn’t acted, we wouldn’t be talking to you’

Nina Fox | 09.30.26

Meet Smit Machchhar, Flydubai captain stabbed in cockpit who fought to save jet

Indian captain joined Flydubai in 2022 after 11 years at SpiceJet and logged more than 9,750 hours on Boeing 737s; an instructor captain with extensive command experience, he was wounded fighting the Omani co-pilot suspected of trying to crash the Israel-bound plane

Iris Lifshitz-Klieger | 09.30.26

‘Already looking for another flight’: Flydubai attack leaves Israelis facing costly reroutes

After the dramatic Dubai-Tel Aviv flight incident, Israeli travelers are weighing alternatives and agencies report initial cancellation requests; for now, cancellations are nonrefundable and switching airlines could cost thousands

Iris Lifshitz-Klieger | 09.30.26

Flydubai plane lands at Ben Gurion Airport

After hours of terror, 174 Flydubai passengers finally land at Ben Gurion Airport

The passengers, including 27 children and Israelis who helped overpower the suspected attacker, return after an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia; some initially refused another Flydubai flight but boarded after Riyadh rejected an Israeli rescue aircraft

ynet correspondents | 09.30.26

Did Israel have advance warning? Katz links Flydubai attack to ‘intelligence-based alerts’

Defense minister calls FZ1073 incident a ‘jihadist terrorist attack’ and points to recent intelligence-based warnings, but does not say whether Israel had specific advance information about the flight; Flydubai says the motive remains unknown

ynet | 09.30.26

‘We tied him up with headphone cords’: Israeli passenger recounts Flydubai cockpit struggle

Executive Zvika Manes says three passengers restrained the suspected attacker with in-flight headphone cables; Netanyahu says an Israeli passenger and crew member entered the cockpit as the stabbing pilot tried to sabotage the aircraft’s systems

Itamar Eichner | 09.30.26

זנב המטוס נפגע כתוצאה מהצניחה המהירה NYUX PKHHSUCTH

Flydubai kept flying to Israel through war. Now a suspected cockpit attack threatens that bond

The Emirati carrier launched Tel Aviv service after the Abraham Accords, carried more than 800,000 passengers through Ben Gurion last year and at times operated 10 daily flights each way; the suspected terror attack aboard FZ1073 now puts that relationship under unprecedented strain

Roy Elman | 09.30.26

Israelis begin leaving Saudi Arabia as suspicion grows flyDubai pilot planned major terror attack

Rescue plane lands in Saudi Arabia as passengers begin boarding for Israel; investigators examine whether an emergency axe was used during the struggle and who wielded it

Itamar Eichner, Iris Lifshitz-Klieger | 09.30.26

Minute by minute: how suspected Flydubai cockpit attack unfolded en route to Tel Aviv

Flight FZ1073 took off normally before plunging more than 14,000 feet, transmitting emergency and hijack codes and diverting to Saudi Arabia; passenger testimony describes a knife attack, a struggle in the cockpit and Israelis helping subdue the suspect

Elisha Ben Kimon, Itamar Eichner | 09.30.26

'We need help': Israeli passengers recount fight to stop Flydubai crash after suspected hijacking

Bloodied passengers describe storming cockpit to subdue Omani co-pilot suspected of trying to crash Israel-bound jet; captain wounded, both pilots hospitalized in Saudi Arabia

Roy Rubinstein, Itamar Eichner, Elisha Ben Kimon | 09.30.26

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