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Senior Israeli official: Major disaster averted, indications pilot tried to crash the plane

By Lazar Berman 30 September 2026, 11:37 am
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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

A senior Israeli official tells Channel 12 that “the most severe disaster was prevented” on the flydubai flight from the UAE to Israel that made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.

According to the unnamed official, the copilot is being investigated amid growing indications that he tried to take over the plane in order to crash it.

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