Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said the pilot who attempted to take over a Flydubai aircraft intended to bring the plane down.
Netanyahu also claimed that the pilot had undergone what he described as Islamist radical indoctrination. The statement links the alleged takeover attempt to a radicalisation process, although no further details about the pilot, the aircraft or the circumstances of the incident are provided in the available material.
The comments identify the incident as an attempted takeover of a Flydubai flight and indicate that the Israeli prime minister believes the alleged attacker’s objective was to cause the aircraft to crash. No additional information about casualties, the flight’s route, the location or the outcome of the incident is included.
The latest known position is based on Netanyahu’s account of the pilot’s intentions and alleged indoctrination. Further details would be needed to establish the full circumstances surrounding the attempted takeover.
