Israel's Ministry of Transportation Security Division stated that its existing protocols do not include the screening of airline crew members. The agency also disclosed that it maintains no record of the crews that have landed in Israel in recent years, creating a data gap for the current probe into the security breach.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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Israel Probes Enemy Pilot Access After Flydubai Attack
Geopolitics17 days ago
Security officials in Israel are analyzing flight manifests to determine if flight crews from Iran, Iraq, and Syria used secondary nationalities to bypass border controls. This investigation, reported by Channel 12, follows a thwarted attack on a Flydubai flight and aims to identify pilots from hostile states who may have entered Ben Gurion Airport using passports from non-enemy countries.
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