Dubai (AFP) - Advisor to the Emirati President, Anwar Gargash, considered on Friday that the Flydubai plane incident, which was heading to Tel Aviv on Wednesday, was a “dangerous terrorist act,” praising the courage of the plane’s pilot, who was attacked by his co-pilot.

Published on: 02/10/2026 - 15:04

Gargash wrote in a post on the

The Emirati judiciary announced Thursday that it had begun an investigation into the plane incident that made an emergency landing in the Saudi city of Tabuk, and was carrying 174 people, most of them Israelis.

He confirmed that the Public Prosecutor directed to "verify the extent of its connection to any terrorist activity or purpose or the existence of prior planning or direction for it."

The circumstances of the attack and the attacker's motives are still under investigation. According to the passengers' account, the co-pilot stabbed him with the aim of shooting down the plane, but the pilot was able to open the cockpit door, allowing passengers to enter and control the attacker.

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