Flydubai terror attack

Herzog nominates Israeli Flydubai passengers for civilian heroism award over foiled terror attack

The Israeli president commended the four men for acting ‘without hesitation’ to save the more than 150 people on board the flight

By Hayley Cregor

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October 1, 2026 14:41

Israeli President Isaac Herzog attends a memorial ceremony for fallen Israeli soldiers of the 1973 Yom Kippur War at the National Hall of Remembrance at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on September 22, 2026 (Flash90)

By Roger Macmillan

The Flydubai attack reveals the threat from within that airlines must confront

After 9/11, the industry learned to secure the cockpit against a threat from the cabin. It must now recognise that the person inside matters just as much and build a safety system that relies neither on luck nor on the bravery of a wounded captain and passengers

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October 1, 2026 14:38

Flydubai Flight 1073 on the tarmac at Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Airport in Tabuk, Saudia Arabia (X/AmitSegal)

Observers baffled after Miliband describes Flydubai terror attack as ‘incident’

The foreign secretary was rebuked by Israeli officials and political rivals

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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October 1, 2026 14:15

Ed Miliband speaks during day two of the Labour Party Conference at Liverpool Experience Campus on September 28, 2026 (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Netanyahu: Too early to say whether Iran was involved in Flydubai attack

The Israeli prime minister hailed the heroism of passengers who subdued the co-pilot and helped the Tel Aviv-bound aircraft land safely

By Melanie Swan

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October 1, 2026 12:15

Flydubai pilot who ‘tried to bring down plane’ was a ‘terrorist or a whackjob,’ claims Trump

Israeli authorities have branded the incident an ‘attempted jihadist terror attack’

By Hayley Cregor

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October 1, 2026 11:05

US President Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office on September 30, 2026 (Getty Images)

‘I think I smell a rat’: Pro-Gaza MP casts doubt on ‘speed’ of Israeli investigation into Flydubai attack

Ayoub Khan, who has previously called for British military intervention against Israel, appeared to suggest that Israel’s investigation of the incident was suspicious

By Jacob Jaffa

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October 1, 2026 10:49

‘I put flight attacker in a chokehold, pulled up the controls and stopped the plane diving’, says brave passenger

Israeli Yaniv Hayun tells Benjamin Netanyahu he knew how to work the jet’s controls because he watched documentary series Mayday about air crashes

By JC Reporter

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September 30, 2026 19:23

Benjamin Netanyahu hugs Yaniv Hayun at Ben Gurion Airport on Wednesday, September 30, 2026 (Photo..Kobi Gideon (GPO)/Prime Minister of Israel's Office/X)

Netanyahu orders tighter security for Israel flights after Flydubai cockpit attack

The flight’s co-pilot stabbed the captain and attempted to bring down the aircraft in what Israeli authorities said was an ‘attempted jihadist terror attack’

By Hayley Cregor

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September 30, 2026 16:59

(Illustrative) An El Al plane at Heathrow Airport (Photo: Getty Images)

‘Off-duty British pilot helped rescue plane after cockpit stabbing’

Israeli authorities believe the incident was an ‘attempted jihadist terrorist attack’ with the goal of crashing the aircraft

By JC Reporter

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September 30, 2026 16:26

(Illustrative) A Flydubai Boeing 737 MAX 8 performs a display flight at Al-Maktoum International Airport in Dubai on November 17, 2025 (Getty Images)

Six Flydubai passengers and injured pilot awarded highest civilian honour for heroism

Flydubai co-pilot ‘trained in Britain’

Flydubai co-pilot ‘planned to crash plane into Ben Gurion airport’

Heroic Flydubai captain ‘who was attacked with axe’ invited to Israel for Independence Day

Flydubai pilot underwent ‘Islamist indoctrination,’ Netanyahu claims

What the terror scare on the Dubai–Tel Aviv flight showed about the power of the Abraham Accords

El Al launches repatriation flights for Israelis stranded by Flydubai terror attack at £188 a ticket

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Flydubai terror attack

Six Flydubai passengers and injured pilot awarded highest civilian honour for heroism

Flydubai co-pilot ‘trained in Britain’

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