An incident involving a FlyDubai aircraft heading to Israel from the UAE revealed serious gaps in the security system. After passengers prevented the threat, officials began shifting responsibility to each other instead of addressing the problem.
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An Israeli passenger described critical moments during an incident aboard a flydubai flight, when the crew lost control, and recounted how passengers managed to restore order and safety to the aircraft.
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According to the investigation, a pilot from Oman involved in the incident aboard the Dubai–Tel Aviv flight had previously studied airlines and was planning to kill the pilot and then direct the aircraft toward a building in Tel Aviv or Ben Gurion Airport; the flight was forced to land in Saudi Arabia.
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Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said there was a direct connection between the attempted hijacking of a flydubai plane and the October 7 terrorist attack, amid mutual accusations within the government. Transportation Minister Miri Regev denied that her ministry was responsible for vetting foreign airline crews, even though the relevant regulations were adopted in 2023.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the appointment of an official responsible for investigating the flydubai flight hijacking incident and reviewing related security issues. The Ministry of Transport stated that it is not responsible for the vetting of foreign pilots by security services.
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Investigators are examining the years spent in Australia by the Omani pilot who hijacked a Flydubai flight; according to sources, he studied there on a student visa from 2015 to 2017.
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The Ministry of Transport stated that it is not responsible for intelligence screening of foreign pilots, even though in 2025 Netanyahu assigned the ministry responsibility for the safety of foreign flights. The statement came amid an investigation into an attempted hijacking of a flydubai aircraft.
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The authors of the piece argue that warnings about weaknesses in the security screening system for foreign flights, raised by Israel's state comptroller as far back as two years ago, went unheeded, and the incident involving the flydubai plane exposed the system's real vulnerability.
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A flydubai airliner flying from the UAE to Israel sent out a distress signal and was redirected to land in Saudi Arabia; thanks to the crew's actions, a disaster was averted, after which the passengers safely arrived at Ben Gurion Airport.
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According to media reports, the suspect accused of hijacking the Flydubai plane planned to secretly kill the pilot and crash the airliner into a building in Tel Aviv; the attempt was thwarted, and the plane made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
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