Israel Flight Hijacking Latest: The Omani hijacker who stabbed a fellow pilot was a religious fundamentalist and refused to shake hands with women. Israel has started an investigation into how the terrorist got permission to fly? During the morning on Wednesday (September 30, 2026), the passengers and crew fought with the alleged terrorist when he violently attacked his companion on a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv and tried to take over the plane.
The group then struggled to regain control of the aircraft, which fell 14,000 feet in just 29 seconds, while Captain Smit Machar, badly injured, lay bleeding on the floor. It is believed that an off-duty British pilot was also among those rescued. A fellow pilot has also now claimed that the attacker was a religious fundamentalist and is probably a citizen of Oman.
Speaking in Hebrew on Israel's Channel 16, foreign affairs editor and news anchor Yosef Israel said he spoke to a colleague of the attacker, who wished to remain anonymous. Israel said that the behavior of that violent pilot was very strange. Especially regarding religious customs, they did not match the environment around him. For example, he prayed a lot and did not shake hands with women.
How did the hijacker board the flight?
Israel said that its source expressed remorse and said that flydubai had betrayed Israel. The person told them there was no other way to say it. We took the services of a terrorist and became the cause of death of about 180 people. Usually only Emiratis fly to Israel. It is not clear how he boarded this flight?
Let us tell you here that Smit Machar was praised for saving the lives of 174 passengers on the plane. While flying in the air, this hero confronted his co-pilot in the cockpit and foiled his attempts to damage the plane's systems. Flydubai has suspended all flights to and from Israel pending an investigation into the incident.
When and how did the incident happen?
Flight FZ1073 was diverted to Jordanian airspace before landing at Saudi Arabia's Tabuk airport on Wednesday morning. While making a U-turn at the border between the two countries, it sent a simple emergency signal using the 'squawk code' (a four-digit number used for in-flight communication) 7700.
Gave indication of hijacking
While flying over Saudi Arabia, it briefly issued code 7500, which was a signal of illegal interference or hijacking. Officials feared that this incident could become another 'September 11' type attack. He said that the passengers prevented an 'Israeli 9/11' like incident from happening by controlling the attacker. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the arrest of the attacker on Wednesday afternoon and said he was currently being interrogated by Saudi authorities. His identity, intentions and motive have not yet been confirmed.
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